Today I am reviewing Recipe for Love by Penny Zeller, which released this week.
Book Description
Welcome to Cloverdale Falls, home to the famous chicken statue, new romance…and an unexpected mystery.
Rumors started flying when all of the businesses on Main Street in Cloverdale Falls sold last month. Bakery owner Maisie Carpenter finds herself appointed to uncover the mysterious new owner’s identity, and in the process, hopefully allay some of the residents’ fears. What happens when she solves the mystery and discovers the man connected with purchasing the businesses is the very man she has recently fallen in love with?
Take a trip to Cloverdale Falls in this hilarious Christian rom-com, the second in the Small Town Shenanigans Series. Recipe for Love is a standalone with new characters or can be read in conjunction with Love in the Headlines.
My Review
What can I say yet another great read by Penny Zeller.
This time we are in Cloverdale Falls where we meet Masie who runs a bakery with her mother. Who have found out that all the store fronts on Main Street have been sold to an unknown buyer. There is speculation of what may happen and a lot of anxiety by the business owners. Not long after she bumps into a stranger who in her mind, she calls HT for Handsome Tourist not knowing his name is Hudson.
Hudson is in Cloverdale Falls with his grandparents and also working to research the businesses. He is looking into the viability for his uncle who bought the buildings. Because he has to keep what he is doing secret he doesn’t realise how much anxiety no knowing is causing the locals.
Enter two older widows Maeve and Beulah who rope Masie into investigating who bought buildings. These two are a hoot. Picture some of the English Mystery series like Rosemary and Thyme and you have a good picture of the antics. (Although Rosemary and Thyme are a little better at solving the mysteries.) I could see these two starting in a cozy mystery series. The book has a lot of quirky things happening, a chicken statue and a chicken type mascot called Henretta. Plus, the people. It’s a place that would be fun to visit.
There is a strong faith element that is woven throughout the story which makes the book even better. There is a lot to love about this story, and I am sure you will get a lot of laughs also. I would love to read more in this series. You can read this book as a stand alone read as the characters are new to readers. I do recommend Love in the Headlines also. If you need a read to make you laugh check this book out.