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Just before attorney Ellen Brandford's grandmother died, she asked Ellen to deliver a letter to a man in Beacon, Maine, apologizing for leaving him in their youth. Since it was her grandmother's final request, Ellen decides to leave Manhattan and her fiance, Hayden, for what she believes will be a quick one-day trip to Maine.
After checking into her hotel, Ellen can't resist walking out on a nearby dock to take a photo. She falls through and almost drowns. She's saved by a handsome and witty carp ...more
After checking into her hotel, Ellen can't resist walking out on a nearby dock to take a photo. She falls through and almost drowns. She's saved by a handsome and witty carp ...more
The title is misleading. I thought this was going to be about a bakery in a small town in Maine, but that really was only a memory of a place where Ellen's grandmother had been 60 years earlier. Perfectly fine chick-lit, but there was just something about it that didn't resonate with me. I guess it was that the characters all had such a sense of secrecy about them, making me question their sincerity. Grandmother Ruth begins the story when she asks, on her deathbed, for Ellen to deliver a letter
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This is a matter of misplaced expectations. I expected the cafe to play center field in this novel but it didn't... not really. And for some reason, I didn't expect this to be a romance novel when it's clearly shown on GR as chick-lit/romance! Sometimes, going by covers/titles can really get me into trouble. I managed to finish it as it was a rather easy read but unfortunately, I didn't really enjoy it. It had a good & funny promising start but didn't quite deliver in humour or feels. I did appr
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Jul 15, 2013
Brindi Michele
marked it as to-read
