“Holly Banks Full of Angst” by Julie Valerie

Title: Holly Banks Full of Angst
Author: Julie Valerie
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Year: 2019
Genre(s): contemporary
Part of a Series: Yes, Book #1

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Why I read it: Once Upon a Time book club selection.

Summary: Holly Banks has just moved to the Village of Primm and is trying to unpack while also getting her daughter Ella off to kindergarten. But everything that can go wrong does and Holly makes quite the first impression at Ella’s school. She wonders if she will ever fit in with the other mothers as her own mother arrives and her husband drops a bombshell. Will Holly survive the first week in Primm? Or will everything in her life always be a disaster?

“The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris” by Evie Gaughan

Title: The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris
Author: Evie Gaughan
Publisher: Self published
Year: 2014
Genre(s): contemporary, paranormal, romance
Part of a Series: No

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Why I read it: Amazon recommendation

Summary: After the death of her mother, Edie decides to take a chance and start living her own life. She accepts a job at a bakery in Paris and leaves Ireland behind…only to realize the bakery is on the Rue de Paris in Compiegne, a town outside of Paris. But she makes the most of it, making new friends and possibly finding romance. However the bakery is struggling and is in danger of shutting down. Will Edie be able to find a way to save it and the secret to the bakery’s delicious offerings?