Review: Fool for Love – Beth Ciotta

SHE’S CRAVING A SWEET NEW LIFE…

Call her a fool, but chef-in-training Chloe Madison wants to have her cake and eat it too. So when her boyfriend dumps her for some French tart, she decides to start over from scratch—with a new life and job in Sugar Creek, Vermont. What could be sweeter than cooking for an eccentric lady who’s crazy for desserts? What could be more tempting than joining a club called the Cupcake Lovers? Just one thing: local business-hunk Devlin Monroe…

AND HE’S THE ICING ON THE CUPCAKE

Although he’s  the grandson of Chloe’s fun-loving boss, Devlin Monroe is all work and no play. Micro-managing the family business, he doesn’t have time to indulge in life’s  sweetest pleasures—until he meets Chloe. How can he resist such a vibrant, beautiful woman who brings so much passion to the table? But when old grudges and secrets threaten to destroy the Cupcake Lovers, Devlin must decide if his feelings for Chloe are a recipe for disaster—or a sinfully delicious ever-after…

Series:  A Cupcake Lover’s Novel #1
Release Date:  August 28, 2012
Publisher:  St. Martin’s Press
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

On the day Chloe Madison finds out she’s graduated from Culinary School with honors, her live-in boyfriend dumps her for the “french tart” he’s been seeing.  Dejected and trying to find meaning to her life, she hops a plane to Sugar Creek, Vermont hoping her temporary job as a cook and companion will give her the boost that she needs.  She never expected that the quirky town, a baking group and a micro-managing financial wizard were exactly what she needed.

I loved Chloe.  She may have come off as being flighty and free spirited, but she was a woman who cared deeply and was determined to make sure she enjoyed life to the fullest after the death of her mother.  While she saw her life in Sugar Creek as temporary, the residents and the town had a way of soothing Chloe’s soul and giving her a reason to set down permanent roots somewhere and make a definitive decision on what she wanted to do with her life. 

Chloe also proved to be the ultimate balm to micro-managing financial wizard Devlin Monroe’s ways.  Devlin took everything too seriously and liked to control whatever he could.  But he couldn’t control Chloe.  While that annoyed him, he also found that for the first time he found the one thing that had him willing to let go of some of his ways. 

Chloe and Dev were cute together.  They were the ultimate proof that opposites do attract.  She brought some spice to Dev’s boring life and he kept her grounded and gave her the reason to finally find what she wanted to do.

A cute, fun read and definitely a series that I will look for more books in.