The Holiday Whoopie is a standalone novel by Sarah L. Hudson that’s also part of the Hideaway Harbor series.
At the time of publishing this guide, this story is available on Kindle Unlimited.
Check out our review of The Holiday Whoopie here.
Here’s more about the book, along with our free Dirty Dozen downloadable discussion question guide for your spicy book club.
Book description
What happens when a type-A small-town baker and a Hollywood lawyer collide?
Whoopie… pies, for starters.
Audrey Nouel didn’t swap Manhattan’s Michelin stars for Maine’s whoopie pies just to fall for a man who wears thousand-dollar suits like pajamas. She’s got a bakery to run, a cease-and-desist letter threatening her business, and zero chill for the city-boy Grinch who strolls in looking like he wrote the naughty list.
Jack Lourd didn’t plan on spending Christmas in a postcard-perfect harbor town—or partnering with a feisty baker who swears she doesn’t need his help. He’s here for his movie-star client, not to trade legal briefs for frosting bags.
But toss in one ill-timed snowstorm, a gingerbread house catastrophe, and a Christmas tree takedown that goes viral, and you’ve got a hot recipe for whoopie.
The Holiday Whoopie is a panty-melting, laugh-out-loud holiday romcom packed with small-town shenanigans, heat that doesn’t stay in the oven, and enough sugar to make your heart skip a beat.
The Holiday Whoopie book club discussion guide
**PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS DISCUSSION QUESTION GUIDE MIGHT INCLUDE SPOILERS**
We’ve provided the Dirty Dozen below; twelve spicy and intriguing questions to spark discussion and help you uncover the spine-tingling depths of the story.
The Dirty Dozen
Foreplay – Warm Up Questions
1. What’s the overall spice level? 1 (Not Spicy) – 10 (Spiciest Thing I’ve Ever Read)?
2. How does the spice level compare to the other books we’ve read together?
3. Do you enjoy the cute innuendo in the bakery, or does it feel like it’s trying a little too hard?
The Spicy Bits – Gettin’ Down and Dirty with the Plot
4. What do you think of Jack jumping in to help at the tree lighting at the bakery stand without permission?
5. Have you ever felt torn between what you wanted for yourself and what your parents or society expected of you?
6. How do you navigate it when a crush says they want one thing, and you are the complete opposite of that?
7. Are you ultra-competitive like Audrey, or would you be more focused on having fun during the gingerbread competition?
8. Whew! That bakery scene, and then the next morning – thoughts? Hot, or straight-up health hazard?
9. Have you ever fallen so hard that you seriously considered uprooting your entire life after just a week or two?
10. Do you think the town truly keeps Audrey on the outside, or does she do that to herself by keeping her walls up?
11. What did you think of Jack trying to live up to Audrey’s dream-man fantasy?
Aftercare – Final Thoughts
12. How did the epilogue land for you?
Bonus: What questions do you have for the author? If you could dog-ear a page with a question for the author, what would it be?
Please feel free to use this post as a starting point for your spicy book club discussion questions and use the comments below to share your thoughts and insights about the book. You can also get a free downloadable copy of the discussion guide using the button below.
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