Lead Review
- Book: Sugar and Spice
- Location: Cornwall
- Author: Angela Britnell
3.5*
Lily is a brash American from Nashville, preparing a celebrity cooking show. She descends on Cornwall and will be touring the county for culinary inspiration. However, she is not keen to drive on a different side of the road, so she needs a driver. Her landlady sets her up with Kenan. He is a stoic man, not one for conversation, who has seen service in Afghanistan and naturally has experience a lot during his tours. PTSD has been looming large…
From the off there is a simmering connection between the two and by p27 he is already stroking her cheek and her senses went into overdrive! Whoah, forward or what! Still, we know what’s likely to be around the corner!
Anyway, it’s off on their tour of Cornwall, just the two of them. Their odyssey is punctuated by the shenanigans of their respective ex partners and byhis concerns around his family. This wobbles the bubble of their potentially steamy co-existence and the ‘will they / won’t they’ is, essentially, at the heart of the novel.
The food angle is of course central but it was a missed opportunity! I was waiting to really jump in enjoy the food but it felt a little half hearted.
Basically, think of The Bodyguard series on TV, Kenan SO could be Richard Madden’s character in that series. A nice light read with a backdrop of Cornwall.
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