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Summer Kitchen

Saving Home, Book 1

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Summer Kitchen

By: E.J. Russell
Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux
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The foolproof recipe for personal redemption and perfect love...

Take:

  • One former rock musician
  • One almost-MBA turned cooking school student

Add two heaping spoonfuls (each) of:

  • responsibility
  • familial obligation
  • regret

And a dash of:

  • misunderstanding (optional)

Stir together in:

  • one small Vermont town

Season with:

  • friends
  • family
  • foes
  • and one large ginger cat

Garnish with:

  • validation
  • laughter
  • just deserts (also desserts)

Simmer for one entire summer before serving up a delicious (well-deserved) HEA. Bon Appetit!

©2024 E.J. Russell (P)2024 E.J. Russell Contemporary Romance Romantic Suspense Cats
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A no stress romance. Nice characters and uncomplicated plot. Good story to relax with on a rainy day.

Sweet story

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This book is heart warming with a small amount of conflict but overall sweet. The music additions add to the ambience of the audiobook.

multimedia input adds depth

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Casey’s demanding and aggressive father was a renowned chef, but he doesn’t seem to have passed on any of the cooking genes to Casey. In fact, thanks to his late father’s treatment, Casey doesn’t associate cooking with anything good. Casey’s Uncle Walt (his father’s more nurturing twin) seems deaf to Casey’s protestations that he can’t cook and doesn’t want to. Uncle Walt is determined that Casey follow in his father’s footsteps so he books one-on-one lessons with a highly respected chef in the small, untouched town of Home, Vermont. After NYC, it’s peaceful for Casey and he enjoys getting to know the town manager, Dev, who was the singer / songwriter for a world-famous band before family tragedy curtailed his career.

EJ Russell is at her heartwarming best here with two leading characters who are lovely human beings that communicate and support each other! She overbalances them by creating two very similar banes of their existence, one would have been enough and two feels too contrived. However, I really enjoyed watching Casey learn to stand up for himself, while Dev learned to allow others to help. The blurbs say this is the first in the Saving Home series so I’ll look forward to more books about other characters in this cute town. 🎧 Greg Boudreaux always produces excellent audio narrations but he goes above and beyond here, admirably performing the song Dev composed. I also liked the guitar interludes.

Sweet and swoony with a cute cat!

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