Can two strangers down on their luck discover the flavor of love? Rosalie Underwood is a broke, recently divorced single mother. After she’s forced to return to her hometown St. Aster, Louisiana, she lands a waitressing job at Ady’s Creole Café. Life’s not done giving her lemons just yet, though. Ady’s Creole Café is on the brink of going out of business. If Rosalie hopes to recover from her … recover from her disastrous marriage and keep her job, she must figure out a way to save the restaurant. But the only question is how?
When Nicholas Fontaine hires Rosalie Underwood, he doesn’t expect his newest waitress to stir the pot. He was hoping to keep up the charade he’s created since his mother’s passing. Soon he realizes that Rosalie refuses to let Ady’s fail. She cooks up a plan to salvage the business—including the part where she enters the restaurant in a food competition to generate town-wide buzz.
There’s no time for butting heads. The clock is ticking and the business is tanking. Nick’s stuck teaching Rosalie how to cook the one-of-a-kind menu. Rosalie’s trying her best to learn the delicious recipes. In order to succeed, they must come together and work as a team, but brewing feelings between them only complicates matters. Is this a recipe for disaster or a recipe for love?
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I loved the characters in this story
a simple feel good read.
Enjoyed, kept you interested
Thank you Netgalley for an ARC of Love’s Recipe.
A small town love story sure to make you fall head over hills in love. A story about letting go of your past and toxic people in your life.
Absolutely beautiful story about a single mother coming back to her home town to the last place she ever wanted to come back to… her mothers.
If a book ever had a theme song to start out it would be Suds In The Bucket by Sara Evans. If you ever listened to that song there is no way you would not agree that is how this book starts out.
Only thing I wish that was mentioned in the book was what happened to Nicks baby mama maxie’s mother. It did leave me wondering what happened to her. Or even if that was something Rosalie and Nick could have bonded over.
I loved this entertaining read and I’m looking forward to reading more from this very talented author.
Rosalie Underwood is back in the small town she thought she had left forever, she is a broke recently divorced single mum and she had no choice but to come home to St Aster, Louisiana. Determined not to be her mothers puppet she sees a notice on the window of Adys Creole Cafe for a waitressing job but what she doesn’t expect is to find herself working for a business on the brink of going under. If Rosalie wants any future for her and her daughter she needs to convince the owner Nick Fontaine to save his mothers restaurant, to do what his mother would want and make sure Adys survives…..
Two single parents with two adorable little girls help make this an entertaining read, the characters are loveable, the banter is witty and the one liners these two 5 year olds deliver is perfection.
What’s starts of as friendship soon turns into so much more but can this couple overcome the past that seems to haunt them both. I love small town romance and I loved Love’s Recipe so all that’s left for me to say is I highly recommend this gem of a read.
I was given a copy of this book by the publisher through NetGalley
4 star Review Love’s Recipe by Mila Nicks
Mila Nicks is a new author to me and I enjoyed this story. There was a lot going on in Love’s Recipe, it is a story of trying to overcome what life has put in our way, it was a sweet story that at times was also heartbreaking.
Rosalie Underwood is a recently divorced single mum who has returned to her hometown of St. Aster, Louisiana. Hiring on at at Adys Creole Café she is concerned when she realises that the job may not last long as the cafe looks to be in a downward spiral. Nicholas Fontaine is the owner of the cafe and despite hiring Rosalie Underwood, he doesn’t expect the cafe to be in business for much longer.
I really loved the interaction between Rosalie and Nicholas, the camaraderie and chemistry that lays between them. What will happen when the feelings that are growing be or are they destined to fail?
I enjoy small town romances and this one was well written and engaging. I enjoyed the relationships that developed and the kids, in particular were absolutely adorable.