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The City Baker's Guide to Country Living

Louise Miller (Goodreads Author)

3.82 · Rating details · 12,192 ratings · 1,901 reviews

A full-hearted novel about a big-city baker who discovers the true meaning of home—and that sometimes the best things are found when you didn’t even know you were looking

When Olivia Rawlings—pastry chef extraordinaire for an exclusive Boston dinner club—sets not just her flambéed dessert but the entire building alight, she escapes to the most comforting place she can think ...more

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Mar 26, 2016 Malia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: goodreads-giveaways, women-s-fiction

This book was just what the doctor ordered after a number of dark mysteries and psychological thrillers! It's a lovely summer read with likeable characters and did I mention there's pie? Boston baker, Livvy, makes a reluctant move to the Vermont countryside, where she takes up a position as baker for the Sugar Maple Inn, little knowing that its owner, Margaret, has other plans for her. There is some romance, a little mystery, but mostly this is a story about friendship and family. It's not chees ...more

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Feb 08, 2016 Diane S ☔ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

3.5 When Livvy, the pastry chef at an inclusive Boston dining club, drops a lit baked Alaska setting the room on fire, she runs to Vermont the safest place and person she knows. Her best friend Hannah. Hannah quickly finds her a position at a gorgeous inn, called Sugar Maple, located in the Vermont countryside.

The descriptions of the desserts will have you drool, the food, entice, the beautiful setting and family atmosphere , envious and the banjo music and square dancing, tapping your feet. Sti ...more

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Jan 14, 2017 Suzanne Leopold (Suzy Approved Book Reviews) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Livvy Rawlings is a pastry chef at an exclusive restaurant in Boston called the Emerson Club. One evening while serving a flambe dessert, she accidently sets the building on fire. Out of job and needing money, she moves in with with her best friend in Vermont. Eventually, she finds herself a job as a baker at a small inn. The owner’s intention is to utilize Livvy’s culinary skills to win a pie contest.

Livvy begins to settle into her life and guests are pleased with her baking. She develops a clo ...more

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Jan 22, 2017 Margitte rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-releases, chicken-soup-for-the-soul-read, family-sagas, american-author, community, relationships, reviewed, women-s-fiction, fiction, 2017-read

I had to read the first sentence in the book three times.

The night I lit the Emerson Club on fire had been perfect for making meringue.

Each time I read it, I giggled and called out 'What?!' And then I started laughing. That's what I do in dumbfounding astonishment. And I liked the feeling of the book on the spot.

What a great way of starting out a book and setting the tone for what turned out to be a wonderful, relaxing, no-brainer, good read.

Our protagonist was orphaned at the age of sixtee ...more

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Jan 08, 2017 PorshaJo rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: foodie, challengereads, challengereads-2017, audio

What a delicious, fun read! I was hooked by the blub on this one after I read 'pastry chef extraordinaire'. If it has anything to do with food, I'm going to read it. And if it's baking....come on.

Livvy is the pastry chef extraordinaire, who is having a rough go of it. Her parents are gone and she seems a bit lost. After a mishap at her current place of employment, she travels a few hours to visit her friend and find comfort, but instead, she finds a job as the head pasty chef at a Vermont resor ...more

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Apr 18, 2016 Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, foodie, read2016, reviewcopy, ebooks, around-the-usa, netgalley, location-usa-vermont

This is the perfect foodie cozy romance novel. The author is a pastry chef and it shows; I was so pleased to find the apple pie recipe in the back and can't wait to make it.

Olivia was sleeping with her married boss and caused a fire at an important event and flees to rural Vermont, where she ends up finding a job at a small inn that just happens to need a pastry chef. And before you think it is a ridiculous notion, I once had to relocate to a town of 10,000 people in rural Indiana and found a j ...more

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Jul 14, 2016 Rebecca rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed-for-blog, foodie-lit, read-via-netgalley

When Olivia Rawlings, the protagonist of pastry chef Louise Miller’s debut novel, arrives in Guthrie, Vermont one September, it’s with a weight of guilt and rumor behind her. She left Boston’s Emerson Club in ignominy after setting the place on fire with a Baked Alaska and sleeping with a married boss twice her age. Now her best friend, Hannah, is determined to help Livvy make a fresh start in a small town. She uses her clout as the local doctor’s wife to get Livvy a job as the chief baker at th When Olivia Rawlings, the protagonist of pastry chef Louise Miller’s debut novel, arrives in Guthrie, Vermont one September, it’s with a weight of guilt and rumor behind her. She left Boston’s Emerson Club in ignominy after setting the place on fire with a Baked Alaska and sleeping with a married boss twice her age. Now her best friend, Hannah, is determined to help Livvy make a fresh start in a small town. She uses her clout as the local doctor’s wife to get Livvy a job as the chief baker at the Sugar Maple Inn, run by a formidable older lady named Margaret.

Livvy sets up in the sugar house with her Irish wolfhound, Salty, and settles into a daily routine of baking muffins, bread and cakes for the guests. She gets to know the local community by soaking up atmosphere at the Black Bear Tavern and playing banjo with the Hungry Mountaineers band at country dances. The McCrackens, in particular, become a kind of surrogate family for this lonely woman in her early thirties: Dotty is Margaret’s best friend; her husband Henry is battling colon cancer; and their youngest son Martin has temporarily given up his normal life in Seattle to help out. A love of food and music binds Livvy to the McCrackens, and Henry is like a stand-in for the father she lost as a teenager.

This is a warm, cozy read full of well-drawn secondary characters and romantic possibilities for Livvy. There’s nothing clichéd about it, though. Livvy is a sassy narrator whose hair goes from purple to orange to turquoise and whose promiscuous past matches her reputation for perfect macaroons and apple pie. I didn’t love the conflict at the three-quarters point that briefly takes Livvy back to Boston, but it all comes together in a satisfying dénouement.

I love how Miller documents the rhythms of the small-town country year, including tapping the maple trees in the early spring and a pie baking contest at the summer county fair. But I’m calling this a perfect book for autumn because of how the early chapters depict pivotal events from Livvy’s first months in Guthrie, especially the annual Harvest Festival supper (corn consommé, baby green salad with walnuts and maple vinaigrette, goat cheese on apple spice bread, prime rib or mushroom risotto, chive popovers, Vermont cheddar with quince paste, and pumpkin crème brûlée) and a boisterous Thanksgiving meal with the McCrackens.

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal was one of my top fiction picks of last year, and this is a worthy 2016 counterpart. Though not quite as edgy, Miller’s debut also shares the foodie theme of my favorite novel of 2016 so far, Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler. All three of these books capture the almost theatrical magic of the restaurant meal. I’ll leave you with this extended passage describing the setup for the Harvest Festival. Though I’ve never been to New England in the fall, it makes me nostalgic for it all the same:

There is a moment after the prep is done and before the theater of the dinner service begins when I love to escape the kitchen. Dusk had fallen, and when I stepped outside, I was drawn to the light spilling from the barn, golden and inviting. I poked my head in. Margaret had outdone herself. The long tables were covered in cream linen. Squash-colored tapers stood tall in sparkling silver candelabras. Fat bouquets of sunflowers, goldenrod, and black-eyed Susans stuffed into mason jars were surrounded by tiny pumpkins and crab apples. I looked up to see a thousand white Christmas lights hanging from the rafters. The whole room glowed.

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Jul 25, 2016 Trish rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure, family, fiction, romance, music

Louise Miller is remarkably accomplished in this debut novel about a family-less pastry chef escaping an affair with her boss in Boston, a married man, and landing at the Sugar Maple Inn in Guthrie, Vermont. All of our senses are engaged just by contemplating the premise: sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. Miller adds the umami ingredient, voice. Her main character, Livvy, has the wit to speak her mind and the cooking talent to go with it. What she doesn’t have before she moves to Vermont are the c Louise Miller is remarkably accomplished in this debut novel about a family-less pastry chef escaping an affair with her boss in Boston, a married man, and landing at the Sugar Maple Inn in Guthrie, Vermont. All of our senses are engaged just by contemplating the premise: sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. Miller adds the umami ingredient, voice. Her main character, Livvy, has the wit to speak her mind and the cooking talent to go with it. What she doesn’t have before she moves to Vermont are the comforts of a home where people will love her for just who she is.

Romances are written to a formula, and some do it better than others. Miller manages to include every element of a rockin’ romance, including a prudently unconsummated sex scene with said boss late in the proceedings that proves her bonafides when it comes to one of the more difficult things to write well: sex. That this is a debut is reason for romance-lovers to celebrate. The story was inventive enough to encourage us to believe that there is more where that came from.

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Miller herself is a pastry chef in Boston, though she gives Livvy “a splashier career” than her own. In an interview conducted by her publishers, Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, Miller tells us

"Actually, writing a pastry chef character gave me a surprise benefit: it made me more mindful in the kitchen. I found myself paying closer attention to everything I was making—especially to the tasks I can perform without thinking, like making chocolate mousse or crème brulee—wanting to capture all the details."

Truthfully, it would not have bothered me a bit to have a few more clues to successful baking left in. Who isn’t completely obsessed with BBC TV’s The British Baking Show?

"I find that writing about food is a million times more difficult than actually making food. Baking requires precision, and I had to fight the urge to include every step of the process when writing about making dessert. Many of the baking scenes had to be edited several times because they sounded too instructional."

I don’t bake often, but when I do, I want to make sure it turns out. A few more hints to winning techniques wrapped in a romance fondant wouldn’t go astray in this reader’s opinion. Besides, if we learn a few things along the way we may not feel so guilty taking a day or two to read about someone else pursuing their dreams.

When asked why she chose this particular story line, Miller admits that she has always been a city kid:

"I think the allure comes from the fantasy that life will be vastly different—a slower pace, a life more connected to the land and to the seasons, with space to grow a big garden, to own a little piece of land and to know it well. Life in the city requires constant negotiation—with your neighbors, with the people on the subway, in line at the coffee shop, in traffic—part of the attraction is being free from some of those pressures."

Fantasy is a big part of successful romance. The most reassuring thing about this novel was that Livvy and her fellow characters all progress to some kind of personal dream fulfillment in the course of the story. Livvy creates her own family with strong bonds, and her friends manage to wrestle her to the ground long enough for roots to form. She is not finished growing, but we leave knowing she has a solid foundation for a good life and successful career. And that is how we feel about Louise Miller, too.

This is a fine book to escape the summer heat, so rustle up a copy when it comes out August 9, 2016 and settle in for a journey that begins with flambé and ends with homemade apple pie. ...more

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Oct 08, 2016 Margaret rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Anyone appreciating a sweet and "warm hug" from a book.

Recommended to Margaret by: Rebecca

3.5/5

This book begins with our protagonist, Olivia “Livvy” Rawlings, a talented young (age 32) pastry chef working in Boston, feeling a sudden need to relocate after an especially unpleasant series of events. While carrying a huge and flaming Baked Alaska at a large catered event, she noticed her most recent lover, her much older and very much married boss, unexpectedly standing across the crowded ballroom with his wife. Surprised and distressed she drops the Baked Alaska, creating a major rump 3.5/5

This book begins with our protagonist, Olivia “Livvy” Rawlings, a talented young (age 32) pastry chef working in Boston, feeling a sudden need to relocate after an especially unpleasant series of events. While carrying a huge and flaming Baked Alaska at a large catered event, she noticed her most recent lover, her much older and very much married boss, unexpectedly standing across the crowded ballroom with his wife. Surprised and distressed she drops the Baked Alaska, creating a major rumpus and setting the hall on fire. Back at her apartment, she calls her life-long best friend, Hannah Doyle, who now lives in the very rural, very far away Guthrie, Vermont (an imaginary town author Miller locates in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont). Hannah pulls some strings and gets Livvy a job as pastry chef in the Sugar Maple Inn. The very next day Livvy packs up her bags and her Irish Wolfhound and drives to Guthrie.

Miller describes the town and its people lovingly. Hannah is very happy to have her dear friend close by again, especially when she feels her in-laws trying to rule her household. The Inn is owned by Margaret, an eccentric and somewhat secretive older woman, who Livvy is constantly trying to figure out. The chef and other Inn employees are also interesting and well-developed characters. There is a full panoply of townsfolk for Livvy to meet, including an extended family, the McCrakens, which folds Livvy, an orphan with no living family members, into their warm embrace. And we too come to care for this place and these people as we happily turn the pages.

The book doesn’t offer too many surprises as Livvy adjusts herself to the ins and outs of living in a small town where people are both snoopy and supportive. We get many details about the ins and outs of rural life. The landscape is both gorgeous and homey. The prose does not get in the way of the story; at the same time, the book is a treat to read, a confection of warmth and good will that will satisfy all but the most jaded. In the right hands, this book would make a fine romantic comedy movie: Sleepless in Seattle move over.
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Sep 23, 2016 Dana rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5. A cozy little Fall foodie book...although a little on the sweet side. I took this book on a trip to the mountains last week and it was perfect for reading by the lake, watching the leaves fall around me and smelling woodsmoke as I read about apple pie and Thanksgiving in Vermont.

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Jul 19, 2016 Maria rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I already put on five pounds just from reading this, my first note on The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living reads.

To bake or not to bake, that is the question. Then again, what’s the worst that could happen? Well, you could set the room on fire…

That is how The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller begins. We are introduced to the main character, Olivia Rawlings, mid-catastrophe. Olivia is a well-known baker, a pastry chef extraordinaire, who seems to love, live and breathe her ...more

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Jan 24, 2016 Cindy Burnett rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: net-galley

4.5 stars

I loved this book from beginning to end! The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living is chock full of fabulous characters and great story lines – I did not want it to end. I would love to spend some time in Guthrie, Vermont at the Sugar Maple Inn with Margaret, Al and Olivia eating all of the wonderful food that Louise Miller writes about in this great novel. Miller also throws in banjos and fiddles and some contra dances, and a great story about finding one’s own version of family emerges ...more

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Apr 26, 2017 Amy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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This was a really fantastic book to listen to, I’m sure it was just as delightful to read, but there was something special about the audio version of The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living. The narrator was amazing, she really brought the characters to life and I can still clearly hear her melodic and pleasant voice in my head days after finishing the book.

My favorite part about this book was the gorgeous descriptions of the food that Livvy ...more

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Feb 05, 2017 Andrea rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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3.5 Stars
Apple pie, Sugar Maple Inn, countryside Vermont....a charming, curl-up with coffee on the couch delight!

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Jul 13, 2016 Chessa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: plain-ol-fiction, netgalley, debut, cozy

4.5 stars, but I'm rounding up to 5.

This is the perfect cozy foodie small town romance. Seriously, delicious food + banjos + small town shenanigans? In New England?!?!? I feel like this book was written for me. My heart felt warm every time I read it, and I looked forward to getting back to it every time. If you like Gilmore Girls (and who doesn't like Gilmore Girls?!?), definitely check this one out!

The characters drive the bus here, but it's certainly not just a character study. Loved the Ne ...more

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Dec 21, 2019 Britany rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019

This is exactly the type of book I needed to wrap up my reading year. It's sweet, cheery, filled with recipes to make my mouth water, and pure brain candy.

Olivia "Livvy" Rawlings is a pastry chef at a prestigious club in Boston when her dessert lights on fire and burns the building down. She does what she does best-runs away. She heads to Guthrie, VT to hide out with her bestie Hannah and takes a job at the Sugar Maple Inn (YES, this inn is everything you want it to be). She lives in the sugar h ...more

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May 20, 2016 Trin rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010s, fiction, food, american-lit

This book was just so... *throws up hands* heterosexual? Heteronormative? I don't know. Something where the only possible happy ending seems to be to move to the country, bake, get married, and have lots of babies (admittedly not in that order).

Like: a lot of those things seem really nice to me, but put all together, wrapped up in a happy ending's neat little bow -- what a bummer.

This is well-written, though, and the food sounds yummy. ...more

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Oct 10, 2016 Melissa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Small town life isn't always easy, especially when you're new in town and the subject of gossip. And when your hair color starts with "Manic Panic," you definitely stand out. That's what it's like for Livvy when she leaves Boston to stay with her best friend in Guthrie, Vermont. Soon she finds herself with a new job and a living space to go along with it. While some people make her feel like she was meant to live there, other people have ways of making her feel like she doesn't belong.

I absolut Small town life isn't always easy, especially when you're new in town and the subject of gossip. And when your hair color starts with "Manic Panic," you definitely stand out. That's what it's like for Livvy when she leaves Boston to stay with her best friend in Guthrie, Vermont. Soon she finds herself with a new job and a living space to go along with it. While some people make her feel like she was meant to live there, other people have ways of making her feel like she doesn't belong.

I absolutely adored Louise Miller's debut novel. It's so polished and well-written. The descriptions made everything seem so vivid and real without taking away from the story. Each season had its own distinct feel, as well. Fall was crisp with crunching leaves and you could practically feel the cold biting your nose in the winter. All of the food sounded delicious, but it seemed like a lot of effort went into each item. I couldn't even imagine cooking as well as Livvy did under all the time constraints and various kitchen issues.

The story itself is such a sweet comfort read, reminding me a bit of Where the Heart Is. You not only love Livvy, but also all the other characters who soon become part of her life. (Just not the town gossips!) The heart of the story is so beautiful that it made me teary-eyed toward the end. My only small critique is that I felt like Livvy was brushing off her best friend for people she just met and her friend felt bad about being upset. Maybe I would have to know their friendship better to understand the dynamics.

Overall, The City Baker's Guide to Country Living is something you'll want to curl up with in front of a crackling fire, while indulging in a slice of apple pie and a cup of hot cocoa. However, it's great to read in any season!

Here are my casting choices for when Hollywood comes calling...
Livvy: Mae Whitman (I know she's a bit younger than Livvy is supposed to be, but she is the only one I could picture in this role.)
Martin: Mark Duplass
Hannah: Melissa Benoist
Margaret: Kathy Bates
Dotty: Dianne Wiest
Henry: Bob Gunton
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Dec 30, 2020 Brooke — brooklynnnnereads rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was the perfect small town cozy read for this holiday season (along with being for any season as it isn't specific to Christmas). I'm going to make the comparison that many have also noted: the setting, the writing, and the story captured the coziness similar to the show "Gilmore Girls" while having a drastically different storyline. The main character is almost a combination/hybrid of Lorelai and Suki (which I loved) and there are other characters that share some personalities and characte ...more

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Nov 22, 2017 Chris C - A Midlife Wife rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, penguin-group, romance, reviews, chick-lit

With a nod towards Alice Clayton's Hudson Valley series, this is a comforting taste of small town America. Loved it!
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I finally got to read it for review and it was nothing like I expected. I was thinking along the lines of contemporary woman’s fiction. So I was thrilled when it was actually a romance story with plenty of depth and character.

The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller reminds me so much of the Hudson Valley series by Alice Clayton – a fu ...more

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Jul 28, 2016 Liz rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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First off, do not read this when hungry! Wonderful descriptions of different desserts will have you drooling on your kindle. And if you're into baking, you'll learn all sorts of secrets and be rewarded with a full recipe at the end. And as someone who has always had a soft spot in her heart for bluegrass music, this book also hit home with all the discussions of banjo tunes.

This is definitely women’s literature, usually not my favorite genre. But I needed a break from mysteries and this fit the ...more

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Nov 23, 2017 Primrose Jess rated it liked it

This one is a charmer of a book. As a lover of Vermont, the setting alone was a deal sealer for me. The descriptions of the baked goods created... mouth watering and inspiring to the home baker who aspires to baking greatness. The romance was sweet. All in all, a cozy read that provided pure entertainment.

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Jun 12, 2017 Yodamom rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: great-characters, feelin-good, romance, audio, killing-my-tbr, positive-ways

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Narration 5 stars
I am so glad I finally got to this book, it was of my to be read books for too long. I originally picked it by title alone, and never read the blurb. This has proven to be a good method of picking books for me so far. I loved this feel good, great characters with real problems story.
Olivia, works in Boston for a major restaurant where she has relations with the married boss. Her days are numbered when she sets fire to the restaurant and realizes she may not be where she ...more

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Nov 14, 2016 Sian Lile-Pastore rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I bought this as someone mentioned that it was like Gilmore Girls, Baby Boom and Waitress. These are three of my favourite things. and yeah, it is like them! the author is a pastry chef so there are loads of cosy baking references and this is such an easy fun read about finding a home, falling in love, making pie etc etc. I think the author tries to make the main character a bit edgy by getting her to drink whisky, wear a Clash tshirt and dye her hair with manic panic, but its not fooling anyone ...more

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May 05, 2020 Sam rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Such a cute book! I really loved this endearing story about family, love and baking.❤️

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Aug 09, 2016 Emmy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Disclaimer: Do not read this if you are trying to eat healthy and have no self control. Because you are going to want eat EVERYTHING! You have been warned.

I really, really enjoyed this one. I got super attached to Henry, (view spoiler) and many of the other characters were well drawn as well.

This might have been a 5 star book if only the reunion scene at the end had been a little more developed. I LOVE a good reunion scene and I was excitedly waiting f ...more

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Jun 07, 2016 Steph rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This was such a delightful read. It is meant to be devoured in one sitting, on a rainy or snowy day, supplied with an endless pot of tea and innumerable sweets. I would now like to move to the country, become a pastry chef, work at an inn and romp in the snow. Despite it being June.

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Jul 28, 2018 Annie rated it really liked it

This book had a lot of good feels. Set mainly in an inn in Vermont, the story was full of baking details, farm settings, good family get togethers, etc. My warning would be that if you are on a diet or at least not wanting to put on weight, you might want to skim some of the menu planning and baking descriptions, although they were excellent. I really enjoyed this one. It was exactly what I needed right now.

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Aug 02, 2016 Eva • All Books Considered rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Review originally posted at All Books Considered: 3 STARS

Oh this was so cute and charming up until the conflict -- I have to say that I didn't love the way the conflict was handled (not telling each other things, running away and then the dreaded trope that you all know I can't stand!!!). However, before that, I loved the Vermont setting, the baking and Livvy -- she was tough as nails but fell in love with this little Inn and Vermont. I loved reading about all the seasons in Vermont and all ...more

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Jan 14, 2017 Lisa Montanaro rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-lit, books-i-own, womens-fiction

This book was yummy on many levels. An enjoyable, fast paced read. It follows the journey of Livvy, a pastry chef in Boston, as she takes on a new job and life, in rural Vermont. There are many small town characters that add to the quirk and charm, and you definitely get pulled into their world, and suddenly find yourself deeply caring about what happens to them, cheering them on, crying for them, and hoping they each get their own version of a happily ever after. Oh and there's food and dessert ...more

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“Dusk had fallen, and when I stepped outside, I was drawn to the light spilling from the barn, golden and inviting. I poked my head in. Margaret had outdone herself. The long tables were covered in cream linen. Squash-colored tapers stood tall in sparkling silver candelabras. Fat bouquets of sunflowers, goldenrod, and black-eyed Susans stuffed into mason jars were surrounded by tiny pumpkins and crab apples. I looked up to see a thousand white Christmas lights hanging from the rafters. The whole room glowed.” — 2 likes

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