THE SECRET OF ORANGE BLOSSOM CAKE by Rachel Linden is women's fiction with a little bit of magic, a lot of family healing, second chance romance, and delectable food descriptions all set in gorgeous Northern Italy. Juliana Costa is ready for her life to take off with a growing internet following and a contract for a cookbook. Β She works as a crew member at Trader Joe's, but her passion is cooking. She loves her kitschy Instagram show that she co-hosts with her roommate, Drew. Jules dresses in retro fashion to highlight vintage recipes while Drew records and occasionally dances on screen.Β
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When a meeting with a Hollywood producer dashes her dreams and her cookbook editor throws her a curveball by asking for more personal recipes, the phone call from her mother asking to take her teenage half-sister to the family olive farm in Italy is the last straw. Jules hasnβt been to Italy since her fatherβs sudden death turned her life inside out, but she decides the trip could be the answer to finishing her cookbook on time.Β
Jules awakens buried memories of her family recipes by cooking with her Nonna, getting to know her sister, and reconnecting with her childhood crush, Nico, who lives with his grandmother at the farm next door. Along with the budding romance, the plot thickens with a long-held feud between the grandmothers and a magical family recipe book. Loved this fast-paced, feel-good read.Β
In a whirlwind summer beyond her imagination, Jules begins to unravel the mysteries baked into her family’s history and discovers the essential ingredients to create the future of her dreams.
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