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My name is Cyn and thanks for stopping by today. I write reviews that I like to think are spoiler free, no nonsense, straight forward and short(sometimes very).
So let's get on with it:
Inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion. She returned to save her family's dying legacy--but found the ghosts of her past alive and well.
Susan Napier's family once lived on the success of the high-end restaurants founded by her late grandfather. But bad luck and worse management has brought the business to the edge of financial ruin. Now it's up to Susan to save the last remaining restaurant: Elliot's, the flagship in Edinburgh.
But what awaits Susan in the charming city of Auld Reekie is more than she bargained for. Chris Baker, her grandfather's former protégé--and her ex-boyfriend--is also heading to the Scottish capital. After finding fame in New York as a chef and judge of a popular TV cooking competition, Chris is returning to his native Scotland to open his own restaurant. Although the storms have cleared after their intense and rocky breakup, Susan and Chris are re-drawn into each other's orbit--and their simmering attraction inevitably boils over.
As Chris's restaurant opens to great acclaim and Susan tries to haul Elliot's back from the brink, the future brims with new promise. But darkness looms as they find themselves in the crosshairs of a gossip blogger eager for a juicy story--and willing to do anything to get it. Can Susan and Chris reclaim their lost love, or will the tangled past ruin their last hope for happiness?
I don't know about you, but one of my biggest pet peeves with books is when a book cover does not match the content inside. Even with the book blurb, I sometimes feel cheated.
With All Stirred Up, what I expected was not what I got and maybe that stuck with me a bit too much.I mean-look at all the vibes that cute sassy romantic cover is giving (at least for me). But this book was a much more serious (so to speak)women's fiction type of book.
I have an additional confession to make - I've never read Persuasion either so I really can't fairly compare the two.
Also - I loathed Susan's family and I mean loathed.
Despite All Stirred Up being a bit wordy and slow sometimes, it does have an AMAZING setting and I was hungry and drooling (okay maybe not quite LOL)with all the foodie talk.
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