Fun Foodie FF Romance. This is a lesbian romance where the two ladies are about as opposite as it gets - one is a trained chef working for a corporate restaurant group, the other is a legacy baker who took over and revitalized her mom's shop. As a short romance, it works well in that it hits all the requirements of the genre (yes, including sex) and executes each solidly - but you're not going to get the conflict and growth of a 100 page longer book. Though there are still significant, more complicated than Hallmarkie, conflicts here. Ultimately a fun book that hits all the right notes and even manages to highlight the particular region it features very well. Very much recommended. ( )

The Secret Ingredient by KD Fisher

Adah and Beth are wonderful people that deserve to have a happily ever after even if it takes them a bit to work it out. Their backgrounds were so different and yet their goals and dreams similar. I liked them and their story.

What I liked:
* Adah: dedicated to her profession, a loving mother, afraid to trust, has difficulty communicating feelings, ripe for love, a woman with a tough backstory.
* Beth: positive, loving, warm, caring, open, communicates easily, excellent at what she does, an earth mother type, colorful, cheerful, everything that Adah needs.
* Pete: a wonderful son, full of life, giving, caring, a beautiful boy
* Vanessa: retired, great landlord, excellent friend, good with Pet and Adah, nice person
* The story, writing and eventual happy ending
* That the creepy dude didn’t win

What I didn’t like:
* Sean and Ric – out for the profit only and very wrong as bosses to Adah
* What Adah experienced growing up
* Having to say goodbye to the people in the story

Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more by this author? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and Carina Press for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars ( )