Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake
Score: 5/5 Bookmarks
Steam Rating: 🍆🍆🍆/5
Thank you to Forever Publishing for gifting me a review copy of Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall. This is the first book in a new series Winner Bakes All, and I am so glad we’ll be getting more!
This book is 100% excellent and sexy (you’ll understand once you read it).
Rosaline is a single mum who’s just been accepted as a contestant on Bake Expectations, a British baking show. We follow her as she tries to stay on top of her everyday obligations, her self-doubt and mom-guilt, all while she’s busy trying to win the competition and fall for the wrong person.
I could not love this book more if I tried. Most stories have a few stand-out parts, but every single line of this one was completely delicious. From Rosaline’s hilarious banter with the other characters to the baking scenes which left me feeling warm, cozy, and hugged, to the foul mouth on Jennifer the producer (which literally had me crying with laughter). I will fall for a book with hilarious British slang and excellent one-liners every single time.
Rosaline is relatable, warm, funny, and amazing, and the supporting characters practically jump off the page too. Even the ones you hate are written so well that you’ll love them in spite of yourself.
I actually haven’t seen the Great British Bake Off (I know, I know, I plan on changing that soon) but I am completely addicted to the Aussie show, Zumbo’s Just Desserts. So if you like baking shows you should check that one out.
This book is easily in my top three for the year. I tried to savor every morsel but it was over much too soon. You won’t want to miss it, so grab a copy via the button below or check out the audiobook which was wonderfully narrated by Fiona Hardingham and comes in at just under 11 and a half hours.
Synopsis:
Following the recipe is the key to a successful bake. Rosaline Palmer has always lived by those rules—well, except for when she dropped out of college to raise her daughter, Amelie. Now, with a paycheck as useful as greaseproof paper and a house crumbling faster than biscuits in tea, she’s teetering on the edge of financial disaster. But where there’s a whisk there’s a way . . . and Rosaline has just landed a spot on the nation’s most beloved baking show.
Winning the prize money would give her daughter the life she deserves—and Rosaline is determined to stick to the instructions. However, more than collapsing trifles stand between Rosaline and sweet, sweet victory. Suave, well-educated, and parent-approved Alain Pope knows all the right moves to sweep her off her feet, but it’s shy electrician Harry Dobson who makes Rosaline question her long-held beliefs—about herself, her family, and her desires.
Rosaline fears falling for Harry is a guaranteed recipe for disaster. Yet as the competition—and the ovens—heat up, Rosaline starts to realize the most delicious bakes come from the heart.
