Brunch at Bittersweet Cafe` (Supper Club Book #2) by Carla Laureano Reviewed

Title: Brunch at Bittersweet Cafe`
Author: Carla Laureano
Series: Supper Club Book #2
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers

From the RITA Award-winning author of Five Days in Skye comes a sweet, romantic treat that will leave you hungry for more.
Baker and pastry chef Melody Johansson has always believed in finding the positive in every situation, but seven years after she moved to Denver, she can't deny that she's stuck in a rut. One relationship after another has ended in disaster, and her classical French training is being wasted on her night job in a mediocre chain bakery. Then the charming and handsome private pilot Justin Keller lands on the doorstep of her workplace in a snowstorm, and Melody feels like it's a sign that her luck is finally turning around.
Justin is intrigued by the lively bohemian baker, but the last thing he's looking for is a relationship. His own romantic failures have proven that the demands of his job are incompatible with meaningful connections, and he's already pledged his life savings to a new business venture across the country--an island air charter in Florida with his sister and brother-in-law.
Against their better judgment, Melody and Justin find themselves drawn together by their unconventional career choices and shared love of adventure. But when an unexpected windfall provides Melody with the chance to open her dream bakery-caf  in Denver with her best friend, chef Rachel Bishop, she's faced with an impossible choice: stay and put down roots with the people and place she's come to call home . . . or give it all up for the man she loves.

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About Carla Laureano:

Carla Laureano is the RITA Award-winning author of contemporary inspirational romance and Celtic fantasy (as C.E. Laureano). A graduate of Pepperdine University, she worked as a sales and marketing executive for nearly a decade before leaving corporate life behind to write fiction full-time. She currently lives in Denver with her husband and two sons, where she writes during the day and cooks things at night.

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My Thoughts:

This is a bookish culinary readers delight! You know when you go to a friend's house for dinner and they've got a beautiful spread you smell before you enter the house and then your eyes are overwhelmed with the beauty of the feast in front of you, this is exactly what reading this book is like. It also made me want to attempt to make macrons and other culinary masterpieces.

Having lived in Colorado as a child, the setting of the book, it was fun visiting places I am familiar with as I read. 

The main character, Melody is faced with unexpected dilemma's right off the bat that begins the conflict, and then in comes a pilot. I tell you, the romantic attraction was instant and perfect in so many ways.

I have been a fan of Carla Laureano's since I read and reviewed her debut novel, Five Days in Skye back in 2013. With each book I enjoy her writing more and more. Her characters are real and believable, the conflict is something you can identify with, and she weaves faith throughout the story.

I thoroughly enjoyed the friendship aspect of Ana, Rachel, and Melody. Having a tribe of friends who walk with you through good and bad makes life bearable.

This book is a masterpiece of culinary delight! I highly recommend it!

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in association with Carla Laureano's street team. I was not required to write a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.