The Romance Recipe, Ruby Barrett
The Romance Recipe, Ruby Barrett
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The Romance Recipe

Author: Ruby Barrett

Narrator: Chelsea Stephens, Natalie Naudus

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/12/2022


Synopsis

A LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST 

"The feelings in this one are dialed up so high you almost can’t look at them directly: It would be like staring into the sun... Like Rosie Danan or Kate Clayborn, Barrett has a way of making palpable the full journey of a relationship" –New York Times

“Simply put, The Romance Recipe is a treat.” –USA TODAY

Amy Chambers: restaurant owner, micromanager, control freak. 

Amy will do anything to revive her ailing restaurant, including hiring a former reality-show finalist with good connections and a lot to prove. But her hopes that Sophie’s skills and celebrity status would bring her restaurant back from the brink of failure are beginning to wane…

Sophie Brunet: grump in the kitchen/sunshine in the streets, took thirty years to figure out she was queer. 

Sophie just wants to cook. She doesn’t want to constantly post on social media for her dead-in-the-water reality TV career, she doesn’t want to deal with Amy’s take-charge personality and she doesn’t want to think about what her attraction to her boss might mean…

Then, an opportunity: a new foodie TV show might provide the exposure they need. An uneasy truce is fine for starters, but making their dreams come true means making some personal and painful sacrifices and soon, there’s more than just the restaurant at stake.

Carina Adores is home to romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters.

Book 1: Hot Copy
Book 2: The Romance Recipe

 

About Ruby Barrett

Ruby writes steamy romances about big feelings. Mutual pleasure, pining, and healing are common themes in her books. She loves to read romance, lift weights, drink tea, and cackle with her friends. Ruby is a bi woman with ADHD living in Ottawa, Canada with her daughter, and her husband.You can find her at www.RubyBarrett.com.  


Reviews

Goodreads review by Diane on October 29, 2023

**'Don't overindulge and overuse words that's not needed. Tell the perfect story using words that should mean something about any subject/topic that you're exploring. In the end, don't try to appease readers..' 4.5stars! Such a really nice romantic storyline -- w/ lots of intimate moments and incredib......more

Goodreads review by Kezia on August 14, 2022

The tension Sophie and Amy had was really sexy, but then they got together and started doing the nasty and then I lost interest. I don’t know why. Other than their romance, I found the other bits interesting: both of them fighting to save a restaurant, Amy learning to not make decisions for Sophie,......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on July 18, 2022

The plot of this one was whatevs but the (many!!!!) steamy scenes were A+......more

Goodreads review by Jena on February 28, 2022

4.5 stars Wow, this was so freaking good. Right from the start the premise and characters were really strong, then the romance developed really naturally and with the inclusion of a ton of good tropes (and so much pining <3 ), and the conversations surrounding queer identity and self acceptance were......more

Goodreads review by Jude in the Stars on July 18, 2022

Amy Chambers opened her own restaurant before she was thirty and she’s very proud of that fact. Unfortunately, the restaurant isn’t doing as well as she’d like. She’s also a total control queen and her head chef, Canadian former reality-show star Sophie Brunet, would love a little more freedom in he......more