ABOUT THE BOOK
A clumsy baker. A hunky tourist. A recipe for disaster...or love?
Nothing interesting ever happens in Cloverdale Falls, which suits Maisie Carpenter just fine. Small town drama keeps her entertained until that small town drama brings news Maisie never imagined hearing. Main Street has sold, and with it, the building housing her bakery. Ask any resident, and they’ll readily provide a dismal answer as to what will become of the friendly town founded by chicken farmers in the 1800s. What happens when she discovers the man connected with purchasing the businesses is the very same man she’s recently fallen in love with?
Hudson Tressler is content working for his uncle's company, helping to revitalize struggling towns. Cloverdale Falls is his next mission, and he quickly discovers the residents are as quirky as the town itself, with its famous Henrietta the chicken mascot. Hudson finds himself drawn to one such resident—the clumsy, but cute baker who makes the best chocolate cookies he's ever tasted. With the residents fearing for Cloverdale Falls's future, Hudson finds himself navigating chickens, self-appointed geriatric investigators, and falling head over heels for Maisie.
Can chocolate cookies, small town shenanigans, and a concealed identity become a recipe for love?
Nothing interesting ever happens in Cloverdale Falls, which suits Maisie Carpenter just fine. Small town drama keeps her entertained until that small town drama brings news Maisie never imagined hearing. Main Street has sold, and with it, the building housing her bakery. Ask any resident, and they’ll readily provide a dismal answer as to what will become of the friendly town founded by chicken farmers in the 1800s. What happens when she discovers the man connected with purchasing the businesses is the very same man she’s recently fallen in love with?
Hudson Tressler is content working for his uncle's company, helping to revitalize struggling towns. Cloverdale Falls is his next mission, and he quickly discovers the residents are as quirky as the town itself, with its famous Henrietta the chicken mascot. Hudson finds himself drawn to one such resident—the clumsy, but cute baker who makes the best chocolate cookies he's ever tasted. With the residents fearing for Cloverdale Falls's future, Hudson finds himself navigating chickens, self-appointed geriatric investigators, and falling head over heels for Maisie.
Can chocolate cookies, small town shenanigans, and a concealed identity become a recipe for love?
REVIEW
I wanted to really really love this story. A new-to-me Christian author writing Christian contemporary rom-coms. I wanted this to be on par with some of the more popular authors (but are not Christian). Maybe that’s why I was disappointed, because I set my expectations too high… Nevertheless, it wasn’t what I was hoping for. It was a nice story, but never held my attention, not did I find it overly cute or funny. At the very end (SPOILER AHEAD) they get engaged. After knowing one another for a handful of months—whaaat? Their relationship in the story never went beyond surface level so that was a huge stretch for me.
I was thinking the story might appeal to the younger crowd since it was very clean and very Christian, but then that part made me pause and think that I wouldn’t want my teenage daughter reading about such a fast moving relationship that had no depth to it. I may try another book, as I really want to support Christian authors and share their material. Maybe this one just wasn’t my cup of tea.
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