This HaBO is from Bebe, who is hoping to find this romance. Bebe mentions this was a free book, but prices change all the time, so good luck, everyone!
It was a free online ebook.
The hero was a quiet jock and loved candy. The heroine was also quiet/shy and the illegitimate child of a photographer with six other kids.
They met in college in Australia and it was the sequel to a previous novel about the heroine’s father.
Definitely judging the heroine’s father and the fact that he got his own book.
Is it Evelyn Vine Be Mine, by Chelle Mitchiter? I can’t find anything about candy, but it’s book 2 in a series called “Bright Photography”. Set in university in Australia, heroine has a big family, and it looks like the author is self publishing it or has made it available for free on scribd here: https://www.scribd.com/doc/196838648/eve
Parking myself in these comments TBH