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I love this book. I love it enough that I have made several of the recipes. I love it enough that I’ve ordered by own physical copy after reading and cooking out of the Netgalley copy. The people I work […]

I loved this book! This story gathered me in from the beginning. Maggie is the protege of a chef at a three star Michelin restaurant. When he dies unexpectedly she thinks she will take over running the restaurant. She is […]

This is the story of renovating a run-down inn in a small British town. The current owners are nearing retirement and haven’t wanted to invest in the inn for a long time. It shows. The food is inedible and the […]

I’ve never watched any of the dating shows that this book is based on but we all know how they work. A bunch of women compete for the attention of a man. The women are pitted against each other for […]

I read a lot of historical romance. I was interested in reading this book because of its focus on the housekeeper of a large house. I tend to enjoy historical romances that focus on ordinary people more than I enjoy […]

This book was a delightful story about a Jewish woman who has been hiding her love of Christmas – and her career choices- from her family. Rachel is the daughter of an influential rabbi. She knows his thoughts on Jewish […]

I enjoyed this historical fiction novel about a society woman who runs away from an abusive relationship and ends up in a homeless encampment during the Great Depression. I haven’t read a lot of historical fiction set in this era. […]

This is a book that I had no idea I needed but that may be life changing. I found it while I was browsing the cooking category on Netgalley. I’m having fridge problems. Right now we have three adults in […]

I absolutely loved this book. Two strangers bid on a huge mansion in the English countryside. Several months later, once he realizes how much it is going to cost him to repair this house and just after finding out that […]

I picked this book up because I enjoyed Labyrinth Lost by this author. That was a YA book and this is her first adult novel. I’m a huge fan of stories with magical houses and gardens. I was hooked as […]

This book is part of a series that takes place in the East End of London during World War II. I read this book as a standalone which can be easily done but it is obvious that there were characters […]

I requested this book from NetGalley based on the cover. I also loved the description of long simmering rage in women. I was on vacation when I started this book and I read it over the course of a day […]

One of my major complaints about eating out as a vegetarian is the lack of dishes based just on vegetables. A lot of times you go to a restaurant and the only vegetarian option will be something with a faux […]

Amelia is a Chinese woman who was taken in by an English missionary when she was a child. She was raised to be a proper English lady. But she has always had lingering doubts about her worthiness because although she […]

Ever since I’ve moved to this house I’ve been fighting to have a garden. We barely get any yield from the garden here. We don’t have the sunniest yard and we have lots of squirrels and chipmunks. Even with that […]

This book pulled me in from the opening pages. Thea married a man who was kind to her father during his terminal illness. Immediately her husband changed. He started beating her for slights real and imagined. She has experience in […]

I love to find historical romance books that feature everyday people instead of nobility. It is even better if it is a foodie book.  This book combines both! So, ok, yes, there is a Duke, which I’m normally not fond […]

Eliza had a disastrous marriage.  Now she’s a widow and she has no interest in revisiting married life.  Unfortunately for her, she was left fairly well off and she is being sought out as a potential bride by men who […]

I don’t tend to agree to read historical romance books for book tours because I’m so picky.  I’m glad that this one worked out well for me.   There is a little bit of suspension of disbelief that I had to […]

This is the second book in a series where I didn’t read the first.  Usually that is a problem but this series is perfect for this situation.  The book opens with two people being captured.  You don’t know why they […]