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Ingredients of Love by Nicolas Barreau
3.0
This really is an homage to Paris, food, love and Cyrano de Bergerac. A young woman is dumped by her boyfriend and serendipitously finds exactly the right novel to help her through the rough patch. She decides she needs to meet the author and contacts his publisher to find out how she can contact him. It turns out that the editor of the book (a French man) actually wrote it but pretended to be English in order to get the book published. He used his English friend’s brother (a dentist) as the subject for the author photo. He also used the heartbroken girl as the jumping off point for his main character. Like the main character, Aurelie owns a restaurant, is tall, slim and beautiful. He promised to send the author Aurelie’s letter and photo and can’t help falling for her himself. Mix-ups and misunder-standings happen but all works out for the best in the end. This would be a great book for book clubs or anyone wanting a bit of comfort and romance on a cold winter’s day. A bonus – there are recipes at the end of the book!