This Gourmet Girl has to take the heat-because she just can't get away from the kitchen.
Chloe Carter desperately needs a job, so... read full description
Chloe Carter desperately needs a job, so... read full description
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Aug 11, 2011
Elevate Difference
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Cook the Books is part of a series of mystery books (Gourmet Girl Mysteries) by mother-daughter writing team Jessica Conant-Park and Susan Conant.
Chloe is a graduate student in her mid twenties, who lives by herself and has a passion for food. She has an incredibly gorgeous best friend named Adrianna, who is married to a goofy but honest and lovable free-spirited (broke) man named Owen. They have a delightful little bundle of joy named Patrick, who happens to melt Chloe’s heart so much More...
Chloe is a graduate student in her mid twenties, who lives by herself and has a passion for food. She has an incredibly gorgeous best friend named Adrianna, who is married to a goofy but honest and lovable free-spirited (broke) man named Owen. They have a delightful little bundle of joy named Patrick, who happens to melt Chloe’s heart so much More...
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Nov 15, 2010
Gwen
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Cook the Books is a girly-easy version of a murder-mystery. As someone who enjoys a good cookbook and a good murder-mystery, I thought this book would be a perfect fit for me. It wasn't. Plus side, there are some recipes in the back of the book that are mentioned throughout the story.
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I couldn't get over the lead characters complaining about Josh, who left her and moved to Hawaii. I couldn't get over her not liking what field she was studying for More...
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I couldn't get over the lead characters complaining about Josh, who left her and moved to Hawaii. I couldn't get over her not liking what field she was studying for More...
Nov 15, 2010
Jennifer
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Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com
Chloe's still reeling from her breakup with her chef boyfriend, Josh, who moved to Hawaii . She misses him something fierce, but the new addition to her BFFs family helps ease the pain a little. Although she now needs to find a part-time job to pay for all the baby items for Patrick.
She finds the perfect job, helping to organize a cookbook of Boston restaurants with the son of a famous chef. Chloe hears that Digger, Josh's f More...
Chloe's still reeling from her breakup with her chef boyfriend, Josh, who moved to Hawaii . She misses him something fierce, but the new addition to her BFFs family helps ease the pain a little. Although she now needs to find a part-time job to pay for all the baby items for Patrick.
She finds the perfect job, helping to organize a cookbook of Boston restaurants with the son of a famous chef. Chloe hears that Digger, Josh's f More...
Dec 19, 2010
Denise
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Looking for extra money and trying to get over her ex a job helping organize/write a cook book leads to a wide range of activity that lends itsels more to love than mystery...at least in my view however it is a Fun fast read
Sep 11, 2011
Jennifer
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Towards the latter part of the series, I grew to really dislike the main character. Not a good thing...
Nov 15, 2010
Susan
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Chloe takes a job as an assistant to Kyle, a young man who is writing a cookbook under the aegis of his celebrity-chef father. After all, grad student Chloe likes to eat, and good-looking Kyle may be just what she needs after her steady boyfriend Josh dumped her for a job in Hawaii. Then a friend of Josh's, a young chef, dies in a tragic accident--or was it an accident? Chloe, who sees her patients' delusions in her social worker internship, can't see how she's fooling herself.
Nov 15, 2010
Well - another, read-when-you-don't-have-a-brain book.
The adventures of the main character - so memorable I can't recall her name and I just finished the book,
And the recipes don't seem to be workable. At one point she mentions using phyllo dough, then it is puff pastry. There is a recipe for red pepper chive jam but there are no chives. The recipes sound good, but I'm cautious about trusting them.
The adventures of the main character - so memorable I can't recall her name and I just finished the book,
And the recipes don't seem to be workable. At one point she mentions using phyllo dough, then it is puff pastry. There is a recipe for red pepper chive jam but there are no chives. The recipes sound good, but I'm cautious about trusting them.
Nov 15, 2010
Jennifer
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I enjoyed it, though it wasn't as fun and entertaining as the previous 4 books. I kind of had the ending pegged early on- the "happily ever after" part, not the whodunit part. I'm kinda bummed at what I feel to be sort of a "cop out" re: Chloe and Josh. I was excited to read this book, just to see what became of that loser after leaving her like that. Phooey.
Aug 15, 2011
Barb
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Chloe is still missing Josh and is overspending on buying clothes for her best friend's baby. Chloe takes on a part-time job editing a cookbook to pay for all the baby items. One thing leads to another with a chef dying in a fire and Josh returning from Hawaii. Not a great mystery but an enjoyable fast read.
Nov 15, 2010
Kristie
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This was an excellent book. I really loved the ending and am so sad that the series isn't continuing. Just like the other books in this series, it was well written, humorous, and the mystery plot was very good. (I'd give more details, but I'd spoil the book for you lol!)
Nov 15, 2010
Jeannie
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This book was terrific as was the recipes and their sources. The mystery was tightly written and the romance was how the readers would wish it to go. It felt like a final book, but I pray there will be another one in the future. Excellent Authors.
Aug 11, 2011
Betty
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What I learned... anyone can be published. The book wasn't bad. It just wasn't good. There wasn't a single character that I cared about. The plot was thin and predictable.
Nov 15, 2010
Rebecca
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I didn't really care for this book. The dialogue between characters was too forced. Felt like I was reading a textbook at times.
Nov 15, 2010
Kim
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Very cozy series, with a lot of fun stuff for foodies with this book the best written of the series. Enjoyable light read.
Nov 15, 2010
Mascanlon
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A fun read and the plot was stronger than I remembered from my earlier encounter with Chloe Carter, foodie.
Nov 15, 2010
Allison
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This book was great! I will definitely be checking out the other ones in the series :)
Nov 15, 2010
Kate
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This was a ridiculous book... neither romance nor mystery... and yet I finished it...
Nov 15, 2010
Barbara
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I really liked the recipe for beef tenderloins with creamy mustard horseradish sauce!
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