"Is there a recipe for the perfect man?"
How To Bake A Man
Genres: Women's Fiction Contemporary | Romance Contemporary
Posted: December 20, 2014
Becca's best friend Dez tells her that she should start her own business. After thinking it over, Becca decides what does she have to lose. With the help of her neighbor Sal, Becca starts out by going to an office and selling pastry to the employee's. Becca meets some really good people there who love her baking. Becca also meets Jeff who doesn't work in the building but is there to assist Jennifer who does work there.
Becca feels that Jeff might just be the man that she wants in her life. The only problem is that he is not just working with Jennifer, but dating her. With everyone loving her baking soon her one office job is turning into several office jobs.
Becca also has to deal with the office politics. Who is seeing who? Who shouldn't be seeing who? Becca also has to fight her feelings for Jeff. If only she knew HOW TO BAKE A MAN as easily as she bakes pastry.
HOW TO BAKE A MAN by Jessica Barksdale Inclan is pretty funny. Who would think that a person who bakes would have to go though all the office politics that people in an office have to deal with. At times I found myself remembering what it was like to work in a big office where everyone likes to gossip about the other employees. I for one don't miss this at all.
The other thing that I really liked about HOW TO BAKE A MAN as I do with so many other books, is that the author includes most of the recipes that are talked about in the book. HOW TO BAKE A MAN is a quick read, and I enjoyed every minute of it.
Book Summary
When Becca Muchmore drops out of grad school, all she has left to fall back on is her baking. Ignoring her mother's usual barrage of disapproval and disappointment, she decides to start a small business hand-delivering her wares. A friend introduces her to an office of hungry lawyers, who agree to give her a try. Her lizard- booted neighbor Sal is happy to help out when he can, and almost before she knows it, Becca's Best is up and running.
Before she can settle into a routine, things get complicated. The office ogress could easily be Becca's sister and has absolutely no patience with cookies or other frivolities. Even worse, her boyfriend is the man of Becca's dreams--kind, funny, successful, and brain- meltingly gorgeous. As the dark undercurrents threaten to pull her down, Becca swiftly finds herself neck-deep in office politics, clandestine romance, and flour. Saving her business (and finding true love) is going to take everything she's got, and more.
Packed with charm, sparkling humor, and a genuinely unforgettable cast, this delicious tale of a woman struggling to find her path might just be Jessica Barksdale Inclán's finest novel to date.
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Ghostwoods Books
November 1, 2014
On Sale: October 21, 2014
Featuring: Becca Muchmore
280 pages
ISBN: 0957627157
EAN: 9780957627154
Kindle: B00OPOZYOY
Paperback / e-Book