Whole Latte Love (Spirit of Hops)

By J.E. Joyce

Welcome to Rapids Bay, Minnesota, where the coffee is strong, the gossip is stronger, and everyone knows your business.

Anya
Rapids Bay wasn't supposed to be forever. It was just meant to be a soft landing after an injury ended my dance career. Somewhere to breathe, heal, and figure out how to exist without a spotlight and a leotard.
But then the coffee shop happened. My little corner of caffeine and chaos. My fresh start. My heart project.
And then there's Alfie Larson.
Charming menace. Professional flirt. Human sunbeam. The man who makes the entire town side-eye us like we're an episode of "Will They, Won't They: North Woods Edition."
We've been dancing around each other for years: me with actual choreography, him with the grace of a golden retriever in work boots. But one night changes everything, and suddenly I'm forced to face the truth: I don't just want a fresh start. I want him. I always have.

Alfie
I've lived in Rapids Bay my whole life, and I thought I knew exactly how things were supposed to go. Until Anya waltzed into town with a duffel bag, a broken heart, and enough fire in her to power the espresso machine for a decade.
She's gorgeous, brilliant, stubborn, and somehow makes even the Monday morning regulars behave. And she has no idea I've been hopeless for her since the first time she told me I was steaming milk wrong.
Then the fire happens, and suddenly everything that mattered is at risk. I'm done pretending. All I want is for her to take a chance on me...preferably one that involves kissing, cuddling, and maybe a little more than that.
Now I just have to convince her that her past doesn't get to choose her future; she does.

In Rapids Bay, sparks fly faster than gossip spreads, and love has a way of sneaking up on you between scones and sunrise shifts.

Whole Latte Love is a steamy small-town rom-com about two stubborn people finally giving in to the undeniable and proving that the best blends are hot, bold, and absolutely worth the mess.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G4JNFWTV
• ISBN13: 9798276713465
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.0"