Synopses & Reviews
In the second fun and charming novel in the bestselling Skinny Bitch series, a twenty-something vegan chef juggles the wild ride of running her own successful restaurant with the whirlwind of wedding planning to her carnivorous restaurateur fiance.
It takes A LOT to shock Clementine Cooper, but as she’s spending 24/7 at her hot new restaurant, Clementine’s No Crap Café, cooking alongside her zany staff and creating new tofutastic recipes, her meat-eating, millionaire boyfriend, Zach Jeffries, surprises Clem by proposing!
There’s no way that Clem is going to have the kind of uptight, fancy wedding that Zach’s mom is already planning, but she’s so focused on her fabulous restaurant that she doesn’t have time to fight her future monster-in-law. But when Clem takes a weekend trip to her parents’ farm, she has a game-changing brainstorm: she’ll convert her parents’ empty barn into an organic restaurant—Clementine’s No Crap Outpost—and she and Zach will have the no-fuss wedding they’ve dreamed of!
Upon returning to Santa Monica, it seems that even Clem’s brilliant idea can’t keep her life from falling apart. Clem tries to make up for Zach’s sudden distance by hanging out with a fellow vegan chef, and then her best friend and roommate suddenly gets engaged to her horrible reality TV co-star and starts planning a rival wedding. Clem begins to realize that to get the no-crap life she wants, she’ll have to work her butt off to launch her new eatery, fight for the carnivore she loves, save her friendships, and—maybe—she’ll get the wedding of her dreams.
Synopsis
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING VEGAN, SOMETHING BLUE . . .
For the second time in just a few short months, Clementine Cooper’s professional reputation hinges on one restaurant review. Clementine’s No Crap Café is poised to score the Holy Grail of publicity—a mention in the New York Times Sunday travel section—if Clem’s veggietastic lasagna can bowl over the food critic.
Clem has no time for distractions. Or surprises. But when her meat-eating millionaire boyfriend Zach Jeffries shocks her with a sweet and romantic marriage proposal, of course she says yes! Now she has to plan the most important menu of her life while fending off her domineering future mother-in-law’s extravagant plans for the wedding.
As if there wasn’t enough on her plate, Clem decides to open a second restaurant on her parents’ farm—Clem’s No Crap Outpost— against Zach’s advice. Just when she needs his support the most, Zach grows distant. The only person who really seems to understand is Clem’s friend and biggest competition, the cute vegan chef Alexander Orr. Putting out fires in the kitchen is easy—but in her relationship? Suddenly, her time with Alexander feels . . . hotter . . . than usual, and Clem starts to wonder if the charming carnivore she’s engaged to is really the man she should spend her life with.
About the Author
Kim Barnouin lives in California with her husband and son. Kim is the author of Skinny Bitch Gets Hitched and Skinny Bitch in Love, and coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestselling Skinny Bitch series, which includes such hit titles as Skinny Bitch, Skinny Bitch in the Kitch, Skinny Bastard, Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook, Skinny Bitch Book of Vegan Swaps, and Skinny Bitch Bakery.