Synopses & Reviews
Nothing gets Eleanor Samuels's heart racing like a double scoop of mocha fudge chunk. Sure, the magazine writer may have some issues aside from food, but she isn't quite ready to face them. Then her beloved Uncle Benny falls ill, and what at first seems scary and daunting becomes a blessing in disguise. Because while she cooks and cares for him and enjoys a delicious flirtation with a new chef in town Eleanor begins to uncover some long-buried secrets about her emotionally frayed family and may finally get the chance to become the woman she's always wanted to be.
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"A delightful, charming heroine....I loved this book." Ayelet Waldman, author of Daughter's Keeper
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"A novel you don't soon forget." Valerie Frankel, author of the Girlfriend Curse
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"Exactly the kind of book I most love to read rich, funny, sad, sensual, and hopeful. I devoured every single word....Jennie Shortridge['s] books are a tonic to the heart." Barbara Samuel, author of Lady Luck's Map of Vegas
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"A perfect balance of sweet, sour, salty, and savoury." Jackie Moyer Fischer, author of An Egg of Three Sticks
About the Author
A life-long musician and songwriter, Jennie Shortridge first started singing in bars with rock bands at the tender (and illegal) age of 16. She fronted numerous bands in the Denver area for fifteen years and continues to perform in coffee houses in an acoustic duo with her husband Matt. She also has worked in corporate marketing, advertising, and public relations. Besides our publication of Riding with the Queen, her fiction has been published in Byline magazine, and her freelance articles have appeared in Glamour, Mademoiselle, and other national magazines.