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Include books by the same authorBet Me
Jennifer Crusie · 363 pages
From the back cover: Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. Even if she does wear great shoes and keeps him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they
Too Many Cooks
Dana Bate · 400 pages
When Kelly Madigan is offered a job abroad right after reading a letter from her late mother urging her to take more risks, she sees it as a sign. Kelly's new ghostwriting assignment means moving to London to work for Natasha Spencer--movie star, lifestyle guru, and wife of a promising English politician. As it turns out, Natasha is also selfish, mercurial, and unwilling to let any actual food pas
Skinny Bitch in Love
Kim Barnouin · 267 pages
"Clementine Cooper is an ambitious 26-year-old sous-chef at a hot vegan restaurant in Santa Monica. Clementine has worked hard for her position and earned a promotion over a backstabbing fellow line-cook, but when an important food critic visits the restauarant, Clementine's rival sabotages her vegan cooking by adding butter to the recipe. When Clementine finds herself fired and blackballed in L.A
The Cake Shop In The Garden
Carole Matthews · 432 pages
Bella's Christmas Bake Off
Sue Watson · 314 pages
The Undomestic Goddess
Sophie Kinsella · 416 pages
Food Whore: A Novel of Dining and Deceit
Jessica Tom · 344 pages
Food whore (n.): a person who will do anything for food fresh out of college, Tia Monroe has every intention of taking the New York City restaurant scene by storm. But after a coveted internship goes up in smoke, Tia's suddenly just another food lover in the big city. Everything changes when Michael Saltz, a legendary New York Times restaurant critic, lets Tia in on a career-ending secret: he's lo
The Heavenly Italian Ice Cream Shop
Abby Clements · 368 pages
Full of mouth-watering flavours, sunshine and escapist adventure, Sorbets in Sorrento will delight fans of Vivien's Heavenly Ice Cream Shop as well as drawing in new readers with a taste for sweet treats and romance. Anna and her husband Matteo are preparing to embark on a delicious Italian adventure. After a year and a half running their ice cream shop on Brighton beach and raising their baby Isa
What Would Mary Berry Do?
Claire Sandy · 350 pages
"Marie Dunwoody doesn't want for much in life. She has a lovely husband, three wonderful children, and a business of her own. Except, her cupcakes are crap. Her meringues are runny and her biscuits rock-hard. She cannot bake for toffee. Or, for that matter, make toffee. Marie can't ignore the disappointed looks any more, or continue to be shamed by neighbour and nemesis, Lucy Gray. Lucy whips up p
Southern as a Second Language
Lisa Patton · 304 pages
Leelee Satterfield's efforts to run a new restaurant with Peter are challenged by her unpredictable friends, a male dog named Roberta, and the return of Leelee's notorious ex-husband.
The Sunshine And Biscotti Club
Jenny Oliver · 384 pages
Seeing Me Naked
Liza Palmer · 288 pages
Elisabeth Page is the daughter of Ben Page, yes, that's right, THE world famous novelist. And yes, she's also the sister of Rascal Page, world famous novelist in his own right. So what does Elisabeth do? Much to her family's disappointment, Elisabeth is a pastry chef. And a pretty damn good one, at Beverly, the hottest restaurant in LA. The last relationship Elisabeth had was with Will, a man she
The Icing on the Cupcake
Jennifer Ross · 319 pages
When Ansley Waller's fiancé Parish cancels their upcoming wedding, Ansley decides to leave Dallas and make a fresh start. In a surprise move, she heads to New York City to live with her recently widowed grandmother Vivian, who gives Ansley an ultimatum: get a job or go home. Before long, she's opening up her own cupcake shop and even trying her hand at dating. But the ways of Manhattan's eligible
Kitchen Chinese: A Novel About Food, Family, and Finding Yourself
Ann Mah
Isabelle Lee thinks she knows everything about Chinese cuisine. After all, during her Chinese-American childhood, she ate it every day. Isabelle may speak only "kitchen Chinese"—the familial chatter learned at her mother's knee—but she understands the language of food. Now, in the wake of a career-ending catastrophe, she's ready for a change—so she takes off for Beijing to stay with her older sist
The Beekeeper's Ball
Susan Wiggs · 400 pages
Isabel Johansen, a celebrated chef who grew up in the sleepy Sonoma town of Archangel, is transforming her childhood home into a destination cooking school - a unique place for other dreamers to come and learn the culinary arts. Bella Vista's rambling mission-style hacienda, with its working apple orchards, bountiful gardens and beehives, is the idyllic venue for Isabel's project...and the perfect
Written in the Stars
Ali Harris
One decision + two different paths = how many happy endings? Have you ever wondered 'What if ...?' What if you'd taken that other job, gone on a date with that sweet guy, moved to a different city? Would an alternative life path have led to a happier ending? Now imagine if you could have taken both paths ... When Bea Bishop slips while walking down the aisle on her wedding day, she is momentarily
Chocolate Shoes And Wedding Blues
Trisha Ashley · 447 pages
Tansy Poole dreams of weddings, shoes ... and chocolate. When she inherits a run-down shoe shop tucked away in the village of Sticklepond, Cinderella's Slippers is born - providing footwear gorgeous enough to make any fairytale wedding come true. But soon Tansy feels like she's starring in her very own Cinderella tale. With two awful stepsisters causing no end of trouble, a long list of chores, an
Let Them Eat Cake
Sandra Byrd · 320 pages
Lexi Stuart is at a critical crossroads. She's done with college but still living at home, ready to launch a career but unable to find a job, and solidly stalled between boyfriends. When a lighthearted conversation in French with the manager of her favorite bakery turns into a job offer, Lexi accepts. But the actual glamour is minimal: the pay is less than generous, her co-workers are skeptical, h
The Little Shop of Hopes and Dreams
Fiona Harper · 392 pages
Nicole Harrison is planning the proposal of the century. Too bad its not her own ... Nicole, a born organiser and true romantic, has created her dream job when she sets up the Hopes & Dreams proposal agency - staging YouTube worthy proposals ... until she's hired to plan a proposal by gorgeous photographer Alex Black's girlfriend. Alex is the New Year's kiss that Nicole hasn't been able to forget