Cake

I'm the privileged youngest child of the famous McKallister family. He's a runaway foster kid living rough. We were never meant to meet. This is where our story begins. It's nowhere near how it ends. Grace The beat. The cheers. The thrill of the unknown. I shouldn't leave the safety of the music arena-my last name is McKallister, after all, and I'm intimately familiar with worst-case scenarios. But I'm drawn by the talent and the turmoil behind the weary eyes of the drummer on the streets. I've never seen anyone my age as wild and unrestrained, a lightning bolt of electricity that never hits the same spot on his bucket drums twice. He plays with such confidence, such rage. I have to know who he is and where he learned to bang out drum solos like he owns the night. I want to help him. No, to save him. If only Rory will let me. Rory When I play, I'm in my element. I know how to draw a crowd and how to keep them riveted. For a small period of time every day, I'm special. Talented. Going somewhere. Little do they know I'm going back to nothing: no family, no friends, no roof over my head. When the music ends, I fade into the background like the undesirable I am. And then she shows up, so pretty and polished and pure. I don't expect her to stay and talk. I definitely don't expect her to sit down on the sidewalk and drum a song onto my thigh. Yet here she is-anyone's ultimate dream girl-promising to save me. Too bad Grace stumbled upon me a decade too late.

For fans of the Cake series by J. Bengtsson comes a funny, heartwarming companion novella featuring the Cake characters in Covid lockdown. Just like the rest of the world, the McKallisters find themselves struggling to conform to a new way of life after the virus confines them to their homes. These connected short stories give fans a chance to catch up on all of their favorite Cake characters as well as enjoy a bonus epilogue and interviews with the characters. Find out how Jake and Kyle cope with isolation-and each other-after they enter quarantine following exposure to the virus. Follow Finn and Emma as they desperately try to prevent a super spreader event at Perryland-while attempting to ration the toilet paper. And go on a humorous journey with Quinn as he searches for a place to stay after initially refusing to lock down with the others. And in a bonus epilogue, Keith is called upon to lead the family on a secret mission that unites them all.