Made with Love: The fresh-out-the-oven new novel from the bestselling queen of feel-good fiction by Katie FfordeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Eve has moved back home to live with her parents after a break-up, followed swiftly by her ex getting engaged to another woman. She is selling bread and pastries from her parent's bakery off the back of their delivery van when a handsome man introduces himself as Finn and buys several pastries. Imagine her surprise when she comes across him not long after, having twisted his ankle while running. She helps carry him to a neighbouring farm, Black Dog Farm run by an old friend's parents - oddly Finn recalls spending some time at the farm with a friend when he was a teenager. Later an oblivious Eve learns that Finn is actually a very famous DJ, with a glamorous French model girlfriend to boot - yet the two of them seem to bump into each other frequently.
Eve soon learns that Annie and William, her friend Cressy's parents who own Black Dog Farm are heavily in debt, their landlord sold the farm and the new owner significantly increased the rents - unfortunately Annie and William are technophobes and rarely read any emails, so they have been merrily paying the old rental amount and now owe £50,000 in back rent. Whilst they produce amazing organically reared meat and crops they aren't very financially savvy and are suspicious of new ideas. But Eve and her friends are determined to help save their home and farm by raising money to pay off the arrears and create new income streams to make the farm more profitable in the long term. Maybe a celebrity wedding in a picturesque old barn could be the answer? Finn's girlfriend Simone seems to think so.
This is standard Katie Fforde fare, if you like her novels you'll love this. Hard-working, down-to-earth women, a noble cause (I typed Nobel, but I don't think its that dramatic LOL), a rich and handsome man, oh and an old crush returned newly single. Honestly, I feel like I've eaten at least ten Pain au Chocolate and a fair few croissants just reading this book - the dangerous thing is I am on holiday and both are on offer at the breakfast buffet *eek*. Also I am craving Eve's Dad's sour dough, sounds scrummy.
Anyway, practically read it all in one sitting. Loved it.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley.
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