The Sweetest Match
She hid secret messages in frosting, thinking no one would notice.
Abby Tyler welcomes you to the witty, well-meaning busybodies of Applebottom, Missouri, where the community takes its pies -- and its matchmaking -- very seriously.
When Sandy Miller emerges from her shack on the edge of town after eighteen years, she finds a job making tea cakes for a little shop on Town Square.
But then everyone starts spotting secret words of love and longing on her cakes.
Andrew McCallister is the first to admit that he never got over Sandy Miller when she dropped out of high school and disappeared. But now she’s back.
He just has to get the guts to talk to her.
When the town summons the pair to a meeting to plan the school’s centennial bash, Andrew and Sandy discover they are the only two members of the committee. As they attempt to rekindle the long-lost flame, they realize the community must come together for more than an anniversary party. For their new relationship to flourish, the old guard must learn to support their most vulnerable members even when times get hard.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Abby Tyler loves puppy dogs, pie, and small towns (she grew up in one!) Her Applebottom Matchmaker Society books combine the sweet and wholesome style of romance she loves with the funny, sometimes a-little-too-truthful characters she remembers from growing up in a place where everyone knew everybody’s business.
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My Review
What do you get if you take a humorous cosy mystery and then remove the mystery element but add a little more romance? This book. That might seem like a bit of an odd thing to say. After all, surely all mystery books without the mystery are something else? But in this case, it's all there. The small community, the interesting and quirky busy body characters, all it needs is a dead body or two. But this is, after all, a romance, so perhaps it should be called a cosy romance?
The love element of the story is nice. Two people who knew each other back in high school and have always held a candle for one another finally get together. They're helped along the way by the plotting and scheming of the local townspeople, who do all they can to throw them into each other's path. In many ways, this is an old fashioned romance, with barely even a kiss taking place. It is very conscious of this though, with the two main characters joking about chaperones and carriages.
I enjoyed the light-hearted humour of the book and I liked the connection between the characters. It isn't the kind of book that I usually read, but it mead a pleasant change. I assume communities like the one described must exist somewhere, but not in any world I've ever lived in. Still, it was good fun. I think that there are more romances to come in this series and if the author ever gets bored of writing them, she can always throw in a corpse or two for a change.
I will keep this in mind! Every book could use a good dead body, lol! Thank you for reviewing!
ReplyDelete(This is Abby, btw), lol.
DeleteI enjoyed it, thanks for giving me the opportunity to review :)
DeleteGreat review, Kelly Jo! This sounds like a fun, light, character driven read! :)
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