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Recipe for Love
Oct 10, 2024 4:23 PM

Author:Katie Fforde

Recipe for Love

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'Thank goodness for Katie Fforde, the perfect author to bring comfort in difficult times. She really is the queen of uplifting, feel good romance.' AJ PEARCE

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A wonderfully romantic novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Rose Petal Summer and A Country Escape.

Take one aspiring cook.

When Zoe Harper wins a coveted place in a televised cookery competition, she can't wait to put her cooking skills to the test.

Add a very desirable judge.

But as the competition heats up, she realises she's developing an inconvenient crush on one of the judges, the truly delicious Gideon Irving.

Stir in a heaped tablespoon of romance.

All too soon there's more than canapés, cupcakes and cordon bleu at stake.

Will Zoe win the competition, or is Gideon one temptation too far?

Reviews

Deliciously enjoyable!

—— Woman & Home

Charming, fun and undeniably romantic, this is perfect reading for a lazy spring afternoon.

—— 4 stars, Closer

Katie Fforde fans will love her latest novel Recipe for Love.

—— Yours

This fun and witty novel combines mouth watering recipes, a beautiful location and an intriguing love story and is an absolute must read for all Fforde fans.

—— No.1 Magazine

A treat!

—— Star Magazine

Smart, breezy, an assured debut ... Mixing the everyman likeability of Nick Hornby with a splash of the offbeat intellect of Douglas Coupland

—— Metro

Zeitgeisty, poignant and funny

—— The Herald

Inventive, intelligent and sometimes hilarious. One of the pleasures here is Hutchins' terrific grasp of the zeitgest

—— San Francisco Chronicle

A brainy, bright, laughter-through-tears, can't-stop-reading-until-it's-over kind of novel

—— Gary Shteyngart

Terrific. Throughout, Hutchins hits that sweet spot where humour and melancholy comfortably coexist

—— Entertainment Weekly

Original, wise, full of serious thinking, serious fun and the shock of the new. Astonishing

—— Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master's Son

Terrific. And intriguing, original take on family and friendship, lust and longing, grief and forgiveness

—— Associated Press

Wonderful. Brilliantly observant about the way we live now. Comic and haunting

—— Charles Baxter, author of The Feast of Love

Beautifully written and consistently engaging. Charming, warm-hearted and thought-provoking

—— The New York Times

Inventive and engaging

—— New Yorker

A highly entertaining romp; [Ridgway's] historical details are accurate, and the characters are believable. Fans of Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series should enjoy this time-traveling romantic adventure, which may also attract readers who like historical fiction with a twist.

—— Library Journal

A compelling race through time in a historical world turned upside down-the Regency as you've never seen it before. Take one nobleman and one gently born lady; add time travel, intrigue, a vast conspiracy, and a wicked way with words; shake; and serve.

—— Lauren Willig, author of The Pink Carnation series

While on its shining surface The River of No Return is a fantastical time traveling page turner, it is also a novel that takes on complex issues of culture and nationalism and how or memories form us. And it is a riveting love story to boot. Bee Ridgway is a treasure and her debut is a triumph.

—— Jennifer Gilmore, author of Golden Country and Something Red

The River of No Return is an innovative and sophisticated first novel. At the heart of this entertaining story--set primarily and convincingly in Regency-era England--is a serious and timely question: what does it mean to be on the winning side of history?

—— William Galperin, Professor of English, Rutgers University, and author of The Historical Austen

The only thing more fun than reading this book would be to actually travel through time yourself. Erudite and beautifully crafted, The River of No Return is at the same time a lush, riotous fantasy. Ridgway's ingenuity and charm are apparently without limit.

—— Heather Love, R. Jean Brownlee associate professor in the humanities, University of Pennsylvania, and author of Feeling Backward

Fielding’s comedic talent remains undimmed.

—— Nicola Shulman , Mail on Sunday

There is poignancy as well as humour.

—— Eleanor Mills , Sunday Times

We are back to the old Bridget Jones in all her life-affirming glory.

—— Caroline Jowett , Daily Express

Feels like visiting with your funniest friend

—— Jessica Shaw , Entertainment Weekly

I read the book. I loved it. I loved her. She’s smart, she’s funny and she makes us all feel like we’re good just the way we are.

—— Jenna Bush Hager , Today

Fresh, frantic and very funny.

—— Fanny Blake , Woman & Home

Long-awaited.

—— Reader's Digest

Bridget is back! ... The third book in the series does not disappoint, taking the reader on a whirlwind tour of Bridget's life as a 50-something, and all the highs, lows, tears and laughter that you'd expect.

—— The Bristol Magazine

What remains unchanged – and addictive – is its diary format.

—— The Lady

Life may have changed dramatically for Bridget, but you can still prepare to laugh and cry at Helen Fielding’s latest novel.

—— No 1 Magazine

Fans of the original books have not been, and will not be, disappointed.

—— Chris White, fiction buyer for Waterstones , UK Press Syndication

Tender, touching and often hilarious – a welcome return.

—— Sara Lawrence , Daily Mail

Bridget is as hopeless, loveable and funny as ever.

—— Stylist

An uproariously funny novel of modern life, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the triumphant return of our favourite Everywoman.

—— UK Press Syndication

Laugh-out-loud funny, as well as punctuated by moments of genuine sadness, which are proportionately balanced throughout the story.

—— Louise Denyer , Suffolk Magazine

Timely, tender, touching, witty, wise and bloody hilarious

—— UK Press Syndication

Hilariously written

—— Emma Lawton , University of Nottingham Impact

This book is an innocent pleasure, and made me laugh a lot

—— Naomi James , Church Times
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