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The Butcher and the Baker
2020
First Published
3.88
Average Rating
96
Number of Pages

Part of Series

The women of The Homegrown Café Book Club are over 40, single, and loving it. Fate, however, has a different plan with a younger man for every last one of them. After six broken engagements, butcher Petra Lochsley wants nothing to do with men and romance. Her hobbies include throwing axes, discussing books and having raunchy conversations with her middle-aged friends, and eating the occasional Boston cream doughnut—when the flirtatious baker doesn’t insist she prostitute herself for the decadent pleasure. One game of tongue hockey is enough with the guy she used to babysit. So what if he’s hot and is a good kisser? Baker Auggie Hofmeier didn’t mean fall in love with or accidentally marry the butcher, but his heart seems to know what it’s doing. Besides, his new wife invited him home for a wedding night and more, that is, until the conniving interference by The Candlestick Maker, the old man who owns the shop he and Pet both want to buy, threatens their happily-ever-after. What’s a knave to do?

Avg Rating
3.88
Number of Ratings
64
5 STARS
33%
4 STARS
38%
3 STARS
17%
2 STARS
9%
1 STARS
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Author

Mellanie Szereto
Mellanie Szereto
Author · 8 books

Mellanie Szereto is the USA Today Bestselling Author of nearly forty romcoms and contemporary romances, most with characters who have plenty of life experience like herself. Whether you call them older, seasoned, mature, experienced, or later-in-life protagonists, they deserve love too! Her stories are often set in small towns with quirky main characters, fun secondary casts, and lots of humor. She enjoys gardening, cooking, and baking—as well as hiking to work off the fruits of her labor—and incorporates food into all of her stories. She lives in an old farmhouse in rural Indiana with her husband of thirty-six years. She greatly appreciates reviews and loves to hear from her readers! Contact Mellanie at mellanie@mellanieszereto.com. Visit her website: https://www.mellanieszereto.com Sign up for her newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/mellani... Like her on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/authormellani... Follow her on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/mellani... Follow her on BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/mella... Follow her on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/mellanie\_sz...

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