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Hot Cakes Books in Order

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This page lists the Hot Cakes books in order by Erin Nicholas, with short summaries, series background, and where to start this baking-town rom-com series.

Last updated: June 30, 2026

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Hot Cakes books in publication order

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7 books

1

Forking Around

by Erin Nicholas

2020

Jane gets a Cinderella-style chance she never expected, and her charming boss Dax makes it even harder to remember this was supposed to be temporary.

2

Making Whoopie

by Erin Nicholas

2020

A marriage of convenience sounds practical until Grant and Josie discover that living like newlyweds feels a little too real.

3

Oh, Fudge

by Erin Nicholas

2020

Paige likes her life neat and controlled, but Mitch turns one irresistible fling into a much bigger emotional risk.

4

Semi-Sweet On You

by Erin Nicholas

2020

Whitney broke Cam's heart once, and getting a second chance means facing the past along with the feelings they never really lost.

5

Sugar Rush

by Erin Nicholas

2020

This prequel sets the table for Hot Cakes with old crushes, sweet temptation, and the first hints that Appleby romance is about to get messy.

6

Sugarcoated

by Erin Nicholas

2020

Zoe has loved Aiden, her brother's best friend, for ages, but in a town built on sugar and old grudges, love is never simple.

7

Gimme S'more

by Erin Nicholas

2021

Oliver and Piper's easy friendship turns messy in the best way when late nights, sweet treats, and buried feelings finally catch fire.

Hot Cakes books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Sugarcoated"

    Sugarcoated

    by Erin Nicholas

    2020Hot Cakes, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Forking Around"

    Forking Around

    by Erin Nicholas

    2020Hot Cakes, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Making Whoopie"

    Making Whoopie

    by Erin Nicholas

    2020Hot Cakes, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Sugar Rush"

    Sugar Rush

    by Erin Nicholas

    2020Hot Cakes, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Semi-Sweet On You"

    Semi-Sweet On You

    by Erin Nicholas

    2020Hot Cakes, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Oh, Fudge"

    Oh, Fudge

    by Erin Nicholas

    2020Hot Cakes, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Gimme S'more"

    Gimme S'more

    by Erin Nicholas

    2021Hot Cakes, Book 7

Series background & context

Hot Cakes trades the bayou for small-town Iowa, but it keeps the same love of community chaos. The core setup is great, one small town, two rival baking companies, a generations-old feud, and a friend group whose lives get upended just as their love lives do.

Food is everywhere in these books, but the series is really about loyalty, old grudges, and people figuring out how to grow up without losing what makes them fun. Sugarcoated is the main starting point, with Sugar Rush as a prequel. The romances lean tropey in a good way, brother's best friend, hot boss, marriage of convenience, second chance, friends to lovers, and the whole thing reads like a rom-com where the kitchen is always one bad idea away from disaster. If you want sweet-shop energy with a little feuding and a lot of kissing, this series knows exactly what it is doing.

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