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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


The Second Course

The Second Course, August 2017
by Kelly Killoren

Gallery Books
320 pages
ISBN: 1501136151
EAN: 9781501136153
Kindle: B01MRGXS4F
Trade Size / e-Book
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"The Love of Four Friends lasts over time"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Second Course
Kelly Killoren

Reviewed by Patti Loveday
Posted October 16, 2017

Women's Fiction

THE SECOND COURSE is a story about four friends who are trying to find their way in an ever-changing world. The story follows Billy who is a lover of food. Billy over time finds food to be less and less of a love. Then she attends a wedding and meets Ethan who is a chef. Ethan is an amazing chef who is half her age. Together they decide to start a business together and this is where things start to get interesting. While Billy is living her new life her three best friends, Lucy, Sarah, and Lotta are back in the city. All three are hiding secrets that could tear their lives apart. This book is full of hope, second chances, love, faith and lots of food. Killoren writes with such a lovely touch that even in the hard times you can still feel hope. The characters are so realistic that they could remind you of your own family or friends. Many say that food is the language of love and friendship, THE SECOND COURSE really stresses that love conquers all. The setting is written in a way that will make you want to go there and spend time enjoying your surroundings. This combined with a plot line that a lot of people can relate to makes this a truly memorable read.

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SUMMARY

Set between the hip and idyllic farm-to-table foodie communities of the Hudson Valley, and the hotspots of Brooklyn, the Hamptons, and Manhattan, The Second Course follows four old friends struggling to find their footing in a rapidly changing world. Food has always been Billy’s language and her currency, but she isn’t hungry anymore—and it’s terrifying her. That is, until she attends a wedding and meets chef Ethan—an enigmatic powerhouse half her age. Billy is sure her life will never be the same, and she's right: she soon finds herself moving upstate to restart her culinary career with Ethan as her business partner—trading New York nightlife for hikes and foraging in the peaceful Hudson Valley. Back in the city, her three best friends, Lucy, Sarah, and Lotta each harbor secrets that threaten to tear their lives apart. Tensions are rising between the four women, and it will take one tragedy—and more than a few glasses of wine—for them to remember why they became friends in the first place. With the electrifying culinary prose of Stephanie Danler’s Sweetbitter and the heart of Elisabeth Egan’s A Window Opens, The Second Course is both a treat for the senses and an honest exploration of the shared conflicts, deep love and loyalty that bind a group of girlfriends together.


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Re: The Love of Four Friends lasts over time

Great review and introduction to this book. Thanks.
(Kathleen Bylsma 1:03pm October 29, 2017)

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