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Fun Fiction Books with Food or Drinks Themes
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items Here are some lighthearted, heartwarming, or charming books you can read with food, bakeries, cafes, chocolate shops and other quaint shops involving gourmet food. There are books about cakes, pies, lost recipes, cookies and confections. I haven't in...
Here's a lovely autumn read for you: One ambitious party planner + one stubborn pumpkin farmer = one unforgettable autumn... When Wren Southwick is asked to plan her best friend’s 30th birthday, she sees more than just a milestone bash—she sees her b...
There's Pumpkin about You - by Athena Carstairs (Paperback)
I know so many people who rush to re-read "The Pumpkin Spice Cafe" the minute the calendar turns to September! It's a lovely cozy read, and you definitely want to have a mug of your favorite autumn hot beverage on hand when you read this romantic com...
The Pumpkin Spice Café - (Dream Harbor) by Laurie Gilmore (Paperback)
Here's a beautiful deluxe edition of Laurie Gilmore's wildly popular "The Pumpkin Spice Cafe" romantic comedy. It has orange sprayed edges and looks fabulous on your bookshelf.
The Pumpkin Spice Café (Deluxe Edition) - (Dream Harbor) by Laurie Gilmore (Hardcover)
This 2018 book is a fun read. Laura Lake is back—sharper, funnier, and heading for the countryside...
As editor of glossy magazine Society, Laura Lake is always chasing the next outrageous scoop. Her latest lead? A hush-hush village in the English c...
Last of the Summer Moët (A Laura Lake Novel)
Just in time for Christmas, here's the new book from the author of "The Pumpkin Spice Cafe." This one is about a gingerbread bakery. Annie Andrews has built her dream life - almost.
As the proud owner of the cozy Gingerbread Bakery, her days are fill...
The Gingerbread Bakery: Enemies to Lovers Romance
Another stand-alone heartwarming romantic comedy book from the "Dream Harbor" series of books by Laurie Gilmore. A hidden message. A trail of clues. And maybe the sweetest surprise of all…
When Hazel discovers a secret note tucked inside a book at t...
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store: Cozy Fall Romance
Welcome to Iris Cove—where magic lingers in the air, and mystery is always on the menu.
In the charming riverfront town of Iris Cove, the unusual is part of everyday life. At Bake Someone Happy, pumpkin spice lattes are back, and Ruby’s baked creati...
The Secret's in the Scones: Bakery Mystery
Maxine Connolly’s life has unraveled - losing her mum, her marriage, and her job all in one year. She knows she hasn’t been coping, but it takes her teenage daughter, Sophie, secretly applying for a job on her behalf, to make her realize just how far...
The Comfort Food Cafe by Debbie Johnson (2024)
Emma adores her little haven, The Chocolate Shop by the Sea, tucked in the heart of a cozy seaside village. With Christmas fast approaching, she and her assistant Holly are hard at work creating festive favorites, from spiced hot chocolates to whimsi...
The Cosy Christmas Chocolate Shop (Cosy Teashop)
I really enjoy reading Jenny Colgan's Christmas books, so I'm tempted to pick up this book about a chocolate shop in Paris and the chocolatier who falls in love with her boss.
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris
This nice summer read, "The Chocolate Shop on Amelia Island" is part of the Seven Sisters series about the Wingate women. This book features a recent divorcee with infant twins, and a sister who has been keeping secrets from her new husband.
The Chocolate Shop on Amelia Island
Here's a nice magical fantasy book that will appeal to cookbook lovers. "The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake." Here's a synopsis: Jules Costa is a rising star in the culinary world, delighting fans with her online show devoted to vintage recipes. But w...
The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake
Here's a sweet read I enjoyed! Georgia May Jackson has spent ten years in the cutthroat kitchens of Paris chasing one dream: opening a restaurant of her own. At last, she’s within reach - until one catastrophic night costs her everything. She loses h...
Recipe for a Charmed Life
Lolly Blanchard knows all too well what it means to make sacrifices. Ten years ago, after her mother’s sudden death, she gave up her dream of opening a restaurant, ended her first love, and stepped in to run the family’s struggling Seattle diner whil...
The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie
Savannah Greene needs this win more than anything. The $200,000 grand prize could change her sister’s future forever. But surviving six weeks in a reality show house with her meddling ex (and her pastry school rival, the infuriatingly wealthy and smo...
The Baking Games
Daisy McCrae’s life has never felt like her own. Abandoned by the mother she barely remembers and adopted into a family where she never quite fit, Daisy has always carried the weight of not belonging. Thirty years later, after losing both her job and...
The Union Street Bakery
Meet Issy Randall, proud owner of The Cupcake Café.
Issy doesn’t just bake - she creates irresistible, melt-in-your-mouth masterpieces. After growing up in her beloved Grampa Joe’s bakery, she’s inherited both his recipes and his passion. So when sh...
Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe
When pastry chef Olivia Rawlings accidentally sets fire to her Boston career, she retreats to the small town of Guthrie, Vermont. There, the prickly owner of the Sugar Maple Inn offers her a chance to start fresh, by baking desserts that just might w...
The City Baker's Guide to Country Living: A Novel
Cider-maker Sanna Lund wants nothing more than to keep her family’s Wisconsin orchard alive, crafting the cider her family has perfected for five generations. But with the business faltering and pressure to sell mounting, her dream feels fragile.
Wh...
The Simplicity of Cider: A Novel
Tucked in the shadowy mountains of Alabama sits the small town of Wicklow, home of the Blackbird Café. It’s here that Anna Kate returns to lay her beloved Granny Zee to rest and close the café for good.
But what was meant to be a brief visit soon pu...
Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe
In Driftwood, Alabama, Magpie’s coffee and curiosity shop is the town’s beating heart. Behind the counter, Maggie Mae Brightwell hides her own grief while keeping the café buzzing with life. When newcomer Ava Harrison arrives seeking a fresh start, s...
At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities: A Novel
Back in her hometown of Wisconsin Dells, Sabrina Monroe is trying to rebuild her life when she meets Ray, the charming new restaurateur. Between his legendary Brandy Old-Fashioneds, rescue dogs, and quest for the perfect fried cheese curds, his suppe...
The Kindred Spirits Supper Club
In Milwaukee, chef Lou is fighting to save her struggling French restaurant when a disastrous review threatens everything. The critic? Al, a grumpy British writer she unknowingly befriends soon after. As they share the city’s food and flavors, sparks...
The Coincidence of Coconut Cake
Life is sweet for Issy Randall, proud owner of the Cupcake Café. Carrying on her late grandfather’s baking legacy, she’s built a thriving London eatery filled with sugar, spice, and the warmth of close friends. Best of all, she’s happily in love.
Bu...
Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe: A Novel
Ruth loves to bake cakes. When she is alone, she dreams up new recipes. When she meditates, she imagines herself in the warm, comforting center of a giant bundt cake. In times of crisis, she bakes. In times of celebration, she bakes. For Ruth, cake i...
Eat Cake: A Novel
Fay Merryweather pours her days into her garden cake shop, baking sponges and scones while caring for her flowers and her difficult mother. Life is busy but steady until Danny Wilde arrives and makes her question everything. When tragedy strikes, Fay...
The Cake Shop in the Garden
As the youngest of four, Nina Hadley has spent her life with her brothers calling the shots. So when she gets the chance to move to Paris and help teach at a patisserie, she grabs it without hesitation.
The only catch is Sebastian Finlay, the accomp...
Little Paris Patisserie
Millie moves to the village of Honeybourne, hoping to turn a rundown bakery into her new home and fresh start. The locals rally to help, including Dylan, whose charm quickly wins her over. Just as life begins to feel sweet again, someone from Millie’...
The Little Village Bakery: Romantic Comedy
Sisters Jade and Celeste are giving the Heritage Bakery a fresh new look while keeping its old-fashioned charm. For Jade, the renovations are just the beginning, as she’s ready to make a bigger change in her life. When Linc arrives to help with the w...
Summer at the Twist and Turn Bakery
Olivia James is content running her bakery in the Cotswold village of Wychwood-on-Lea, creating wedding cakes for everyone but herself. Yet as Christmas nears, loneliness creeps in.
When charming newcomer Simon Blacklock begins visiting her shop dai...
Cupcakes for Christmas (Return to Willoughby)
For Lucy Lombard, chocolate can fix almost anything, from heartache to headaches. She is not alone in her devotion. Friends Autumn, Nadia, and Chantal share her passion, and together they have created The Chocolate Lovers’ Club. Whenever life throws ...
Chocolate Lovers Club
Four strangers sign up for a supper club competition, not knowing who will sit at their tables. When they finally gather, two of them discover an unexpected connection.
Eve has rebuilt her life after Ethan, the man she loved, walked away three years...
The Saturday Supper Club: Heartwarming Romance
Travel blogger Fiona finally gets her dream trip to Japan when she wins an all-expenses paid adventure. But in Tokyo she unexpectedly runs into Gabe, the photographer who broke her heart a decade ago. Surrounded by temples and cherry blossoms, Fiona ...
The Little Teashop in Tokyo: Romantic Comedy
The book and movie are different, but both are so good! Chocolat is a magical story of Vianne Rocher, who grew up with a mother who moved when the wind blew. She settles in a small village in France, and sets up a chocolate shop.. just in time for Le...
Chocolat: A Novel (A Vianne Rocher Novel)
"Claire “Neely” O’Neil is a pastry chef of extraordinary talent. Every great chef can taste shimmering, elusive flavors that most of us miss, but Neely can “taste” feelings—cinnamon makes you remember; plum is pleased with itself; orange is a wake-up...
The Cake Therapist
Here's a lighthearted Christmas romance read to dive into during the holidays. It's set at a cafe at Christmastime.
The Spiced Cocoa Café: Cozy Christmas Romance