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Cassie’s Review
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake
By Alexis Hall
Releases Tuesday May 18!
Before you read this book, make sure you have adequate baked goods on hand, because you are going to need them! If you're a fan of British baking shows, this ones for you.
This book was completely delightful, full of British humor, a bisexual single mom heroine, and all the baked goods you could ever want.
This book had me smiling and laughing through out. Rosaline is at such a crossroads in her life, trying to live up to everyone else expectations. This book lets us tag along as she figured it all out. The hero is a complete cinnamon roll, and I love how he encourages communication between the two of them, especially during private moments. Her daughter, Amelie is smart as a whip and her running commentary will have you in stitches.
This book also touches on a lot of issues around gender socialization, biphobia, sexual assault, and normalizing mental health needs. 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Thank you to Netgalley and Forever publishing for the eARC for review!
Blurb
Following the recipe is the key to a successful bake. Rosaline Palmer has always lived by those rules—well, except for when she dropped out of college to raise her daughter, Amelie. Now, with a paycheck as useful as greaseproof paper and a house crumbling faster than biscuits in tea, she’s teetering on the edge of financial disaster. But where there’s a whisk there’s a way . . . and Rosaline has just landed a spot on the nation’s most beloved baking show.
Winning the prize money would give her daughter the life she deserves—and Rosaline is determined to stick to the instructions. However, more than collapsing trifles stand between Rosaline and sweet, sweet victory. Suave, well-educated, and parent-approved Alain Pope knows all the right moves to sweep her off her feet, but it’s shy electrician Harry Dobson who makes Rosaline question her long-held beliefs—about herself, her family, and her desires.
Rosaline fears falling for Harry is a guaranteed recipe for disaster. Yet as the competition—and the ovens—heat up, Rosaline starts to realize the most delicious bakes come from the heart.
