Review • The Gingerbread Café by Anita Faulkner

 

Synopsis

The brand-new Cotswold romance from Anita Faulkner, author of A COLOURFUL COUNTRY ESCAPE. Cosy up for chilly winter nights, falling snow and heart-stopping romance - the perfect festive read!

'Cosy, charming and utterly captivating' HEIDI SWAIN

CAN GRETEL FIND THE RECIPE FOR THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS?

The Gingerbread Café is always full of Christmas magic. Come rain or shine (or even a July heatwave), there's always a hot chocolate bursting with cinnamon and marshmallows waiting for you. For introverted Gretel, it's been the perfect escape from 'real life'. The owner, Nell, is Gretel's last link to her late mum, and hiding out at the café feels so much safer than making new friends.

So when Nell suddenly passes, Gretel is left heartbroken. Then she discovers that Nell has left the café to her - but there's a catch. Gretel has to share the running of The Gingerbread Café with the least festive person Nell's nephew, Lukas. Head chef at the local fancy restaurant, Lukas makes it clear he has no time for the café, Gretel or even Christmas itself, and Gretel's too busy struggling to save her burnt batches of gingerbread to work out why.

Gretel is determined to keep Christmas alive and make the café a success before Lukas hands the keys over to the scrooge-like developers. But she can't do it alone; besides an over friendly ferret and a waitress with a secret, the only person she has now is Lukas. Will it take a Christmas miracle to get the pair to finally see eye to eye, or could the ice already be melting?

Review

Cute.

Adorably cute.

Even if the thought of someone living and dressing like Christmas all year round gives me the unbelievable ICK!

But that's just me being a grinchy grinch.

Gretel has gone through some losses in her short life. The last loss was of Nell. The owner of Gingerbread Cafe. Thanks to Nell, Gretel is thrust in to the life of a cafe owner with Nell's pretentious chef of a grinch nephew.

Lukas. Him I Liked ;)

Just when you think Gretel has nothing in herself to make it through grief, Christmas and running a cafe... She defeats everything. She finds strength, she learns and she grows in such a gorgeous way. Not only in herself but the cafe and the little street and I adore that for her.

Even the mischievous ferret sidekick is adorable beyond measure. 

Lovely little Sunday read. Especially with a hot chocolate to hand. 

About the Author

Anita Faulkner writes warm and fuzzy romcoms from her upcycled bureau in the glorious Cotswolds. 

Described by her agent Kate Nash as ‘a sparkling new voice,’ Anita is still pinching herself that her novels A Colourful Country Escape and The Gingerbread Café are being published by Sphere (Little, Brown). 

Most days you’ll find Anita surrounded by shiny objects, big dreams and an abundance of chocolate wrappers which can’t possibly all be hers.

When she’s not being bossed around by a small human or running her copywriting empire, Anita loves sharing her journey and cheering you on with yours.

The best place to find her shaking her pompoms for the world of books is in her Facebook Group, Chick Lit and Prosecco. Hop over and join her! She’d be thrilled to see you there. 

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