From ScratchBy:
Rachel Goodman
Published:
July 20, 2015
Publisher:
Pocket Star
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Book Summary:
A down-home, feel-good debut Southern romance, From Scratch explores one woman’s journey back home to Dallas, Texas, where her family is cooking up a plan that doesn’t quite suit her tastes…
Thirty-year-old Lillie Turner grew up with maple syrup stuck to her skin and bacon grease splattered on her clothes, courtesy of working in the family diner. Thank goodness she escaped all that when she moved to Chicago five years ago. Now a successful strategy consultant and newly engaged to a man who complements her like biscuits and gravy, she has everything she wants.
When an urgent phone call about her father’s health pulls Lillie back to Dallas, she soon learns it was a ruse to bring her home so she can run the diner she’d rather avoid and compete in the Upper Crust, an annual baking competition, with no option to withdraw. Lillie is furious and ready to run back to Chicago, but her father’s haggard appearance makes her wonder if he’s hiding something. Things go from bad to worse when Nick, her handsome ex and the only man she ever truly loved, reappears, looking as scrumptious as ever.
Lillie’s trip home forces her to question the path she’s chosen, find her place in the family she abandoned, and wonder if the life she left behind is what she really wants after all.
About Rachel Goodman:
Rachel Goodman was raised in Colorado on her mother’s award-worthy cooking and Roald Dahl. Now an engineering professor at her alma mater, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, she has not lost her passion for culinary discovery or a well-told story. A member of RWA, she continues to hone her craft through the Writer’s Path at SMU while seeking to create the perfect macaroni and cheese recipe.
Twitter: @MojitoMaven
This sounds interesting, but I probably would've skipped it because of the cover.
ReplyDeleteNaomi @ Naomi’s Reading Palace
Thanks for stopping by Naomi :)
DeleteThe going back home stories can be really good. The baking contest is a fun element with the reunion romance and father's troubles adding an emotional layer to it. I'll have to keep this one in mind.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I enjoy a good going home story :)
DeleteI love a good foodie book and the southern romance sounds sweet.
ReplyDeleteOh yes! I love a good southern romance too!
DeleteHehe...this looks interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for checking it out :)
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