REVIEW: Scoop Me Up by Riley Long (Love in Maplewood #7)

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SCOOP ME UP

Love in Maplewood - Book Seven

by Riley Long

Release Date: June 27, 2025

Review

This is a wonderful, romantic, and sweet small-town romance. Just two guys finding their happiness and following their dreams, even if they aren’t fiscally responsible ones.


For Gabe, that’s following his daughter and ex-wife to Maplewood where he’ll get to be apart of his little girl's life. What he doesn’t expect is to fall in love with the town and Sam.


Sam has always had the dream of opening his own Ice Cream Shop.  And that dream is in his sights.  He’s not sure if the dream distraction called Gabe will help or hinder, but it turns out they make the most delicious pairing.


They were a heartwarming pair. Caring and supportive, and embracing the locals and their nosiness with the best of them.

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Synopsis

Falling for a straight guy is putting extra nuts in the rocky road to my life goals...


I have two dreams: opening my own ice cream shop and falling in love. My fantasy? Falling in love with a guy who’ll help me run my future ice cream shop.


But my teaching job doesn’t exactly have me rolling in dough, and my love life doesn’t exactly have sprinkles on top, so every year my dreams seem farther and farther away.


At least until this year, when I decide to compete in the Maplewood Scoopfest flavor competition. If I win, owning an ice cream shop would be within reach.


But the love life thing? Well, it’s even sadder now, because I have a huge crush on Gabe, the ridiculously hot, straight single dad to one of my students. He’s only in town for the summer, and—what the heck was I thinking?—I offered to let him stay in my guest bedroom. Now I have to see him, talk to him, hear him. All the time. Even my favorite ice cream isn’t enough distraction when all that deliciousness is right under my nose.


I’m resigned to pine in silence—to Gabe, that is. My friends are sick and tired of hearing about my pointless crush. Then, one night, he leans in for a kiss. But he’d been drinking and now I don’t know if that was just the whiskey talking, or if Gabe’s flavor preferences might just be changing.


With the highest percentage of LGBTQIA+ residents in Vermont, Maplewood is a town where everyone belongs. And with festivals year round, there’s always something fun happening! This multi-author, low-angst queer series features ten standalone romances—each set against the backdrop of a different festival. Come for the celebrations, stay for the happily-ever-afters!

About Riley Long

Riley Long is an author of gay romances novels spanning many genres from contemporary to paranormal, she is a wife and mother living a quiet life in Virginia, with her husband, son, and two very silly pit bulls.


She spends her evenings writing, reading, and watching bad television (or not so bad television).


For fun, Riley participates in NaNoWriMo, GISH, and reads with her book club, the BAMFs.


She likes things with silly acronyms.


The craziest thing Riley has ever done involves lots of butter and a time lapsed video.


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