| Description |
xii, 466 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Subtitle from cover. |
| Summary |
To an outside observer, Anneke Stroudt is a mess, her shirts are stained, her fingernails stubby, her language colorful. But, despite her flaws, Anneke's life is close to perfect. She has a beautiful historic house to restore and a loving fiance who cooks like a dream, until Anneke's charmed existence falls apart when she loses both her job and her future husband in one terrible day. In need of a new start, she packs up her disgruntled schnauzer and moves into her half-finished home, where she throws her pent-up frustration-and what little savings she has-into finishing the renovation. But at the first step into the house's overhaul, Anneke is sidetracked when she discovers a mysterious leather-bound book, long hidden away, filled with tempting recipes and steamy secrets from Emma Ditmore-Smythe, the cook for the house's original owners. Slowly, with the help of some delicious food and Emma's life lessons, Anneke begins to realize that, just like a flawless recipe, she's been waiting for the right ingredients to cook up a perfect life all along. With the perfect blend of humor and heart, Ballis's writing is powerfully honest and genuinely hilarious--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Self-realization -- Fiction.
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Cooks -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Humorous fiction.
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Love stories.
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| ISBN |
9780425265505 (paperback) |
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0425265501 (paperback) |
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