Hannah Little didn’t follow her father’s advice when she decided to become a farmer catering to her friends and community by growing fruits and vegetables. She doesn’t have a girlfriend but is open to the idea. What she didn’t want was to become involved with her friend Nick , when he decided to open a farm-to-table restaurant. But that is actually what she does agree to, knowing it would help Nick and his wife with their dream.
From an early age all Drew Davis wanted to do was become a chef. But making her way too head chef in New York City wasn’t an easy thing to do. So when she’s approached by Nick to be his head chef in his restaurant ‘Fig’, she thought not only would it give her some more experience it would add to her resume.
The idea of working in a country restaurant wasn’t in her plans but going to the farm itself to choose her ingredients, well that was completely something she knew nothing about. Hannah doesn’t know what to make of Drew when Drew firsts visits Hannah’s farm ‘Three Willows Farm’ either.
Ms Aurora knows how to write a good story, giving us a nicely paced read. Very enjoyable read.
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This is a very well written book and one they gave me several good suggestions for combinations of food I’d like to try in my own kitchen, I felt this as a secondary benefit of reading this book. In this Book simple farm girl Hannah meets sophisticated big city Chef Drew and while there was an instant attraction there was also an instant distaste on Hannah’s part based on some stereotypes she had of the type of chef Drew was. Since Hannah is dependent upon the produce she can sell to the restaurant where Drew is working she knows they have to find a way to get along but that’s a difficult challenge. Both women would knowledge that they were not at all suited to one another yet here they were developing not only your friendship but something more. Drew took this job as a means to get to her goal of working at a New York City farm to table restaurant and had no intention of staying in upstate New York to live and work. Little by little the place and the girl begin to grow on Drew yet what will she do when the job offer of a lifetime comes her way which means she will have to move back to the city and leave Hannah. Will she do it? Hannah has no intention of going anywhere but working on her form so that is the end of the relationship.

When hardship strikes Hannah’s farm Drew wants to come to her rescue and help. Will the proud Hannah allow that to happen? And is there any flame left for these two women?

Ms. Rey does a great job developing characters and gives you enough background with the character that you want to stand their choices and their desires which really makes a difference when reading this book . I highly recommend this book not only for the great food tips you can pick up for a story that’s well-developed.

This is the first book that I've read by Aurora Rey. I was not too familiar with the subject matter of farm-to-table restaurants and the farms that routinely provide the ingredients, so in addition to reading a nice lesbian romance I learned about this topic. I enjoyed the two main characters of Hannah, from Three Willows Farm and Drew, the hot-shot New York City chef, who moves to upstate New York to be the chef at Fig. This was a slow-burn romance with nice, hot chemistry between Hannah and Drew, that eventually turns into more. The supporting character of Clare, Hannah's sister, was also interesting for a seventeen-year-old future marketing major who is discovering her own sexuality. Overall, this was a solid read.

I received an ARC from NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books in exchange for an honest review.

Even if I didn't already love Aurora Rey's books, this cover would draw me in. The art and the font are both perfect in capturing the mood of the story.

This is a fairly standard contemporary romance, but the setting in upstate New York and the FOOD set it apart for me. It was easy to vividly imagine the setting and make me want to go there. What I liked about the food descriptions was that nothing was over the top or crazy, but simply gorgeous food that I would want to prepare and eat myself.

I liked the slow-burn romance after the almost enemies-to-lovers set up. As everyone else has noted, Aurora Rey can write some sizzle, and this book is no exception. Maybe my favorite part was the budding romance between younger sister Clare and her friend Kristen. Just adorable.

I love a good five-hour romance without a lot of craziness, and Recipe for Love fits that description.

New Yorker hotshot chef Drew Davis has a clear professional goal to become a restaurant head chef as soon as possible. She gets the opportunity she was waiting for in a farm-to-table establishment in upstate New York. Apart from the inconvenience of having to leave her beloved city life to move to a rural area, Drew has to deal with local farmer Hannah Little who is as beautiful as obstinate and isn't impressed by the fancy city chef. As they are forced to work together to make the restaurant a success, they both discover many things in common and a brewing mutual attraction. But Drew is only in upstate New York temporarily and will be back to NYC at the first opportunity to advance her professional career, or is she?

This is a slow-burn romance which will be appreciated especially by gourmet readers. Food is at the forefront of the story, with a particular focus on farm-produced ingredients. A farm-to-table restaurant tries to source most of the ingredients from local food producers, an apparently simple concept which presents a few challenges. Ms. Rey describes thoroughly the hard work involved in farming, the diverse types of products and the different nature cycles. As these descriptions take a big part of the book, people interested in farming, food produce and sustainability will enjoy the story much better than the rest. I personally found that there was too much detail that distracted me from the main story.

In this novel, Ms. Rey uses contrasts expertly: femme-butch, white-biracial, countryside-city, and even including a feminine farmer character, which seems contradictory in itself. But beyond these disparities, there is an ample common ground; the appreciation of good food, the importance of family and the search of long-lasting love. The romance part of the plot is very well written, and the characters' relationship is built slowly from a strong initial antagonism which eventually changes into attraction. The author gets the butch-femme dynamic spot-on, especially in the sex scenes which, nevertheless, present a hot role reversal. My main criticism is that the characters' main conflict could have been solved much easier with better communication.

Overall, a good butch-femme romance which will be appreciated especially by gourmet readers. 3.5 stars.

ARC provided by Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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I liked the premise for the storyline of this book, up and coming chef Drew decides to expedite her career by taking a job as head chef in a funky farm to plate restaurant in a country town upstate from New York. Regularly sourcing most of her produce from small time farmer Hannah, the two women slowly but surely fall for each other.
Despite the interesting storyline I found the book quite boring in parts and found myself speed reading through whole sections. I prefer a lot more angst in my romances and I also found it difficult to feel a strong emotional connection to the characters so that affected my enjoyment of the book..

I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a book about Hannah and Drew, the books starts with Hannah pre-judging Drew as a city girl who isn't going to stay around for a long period of time, and therefore naturally she decides to have a relationship with her. Hannah runs a very successful farm in upstate New York, and supplies the restaurant that Drew takes a job at. There was not anything about this book that was amazing, and nothing about it that was terrible. It was perfectly mediocre. I liked both of the main characters and I also love any book that deals with food. My wife is from this part of upstate New York, so I kept having to ask her if certain places really existed, and they did. So yeah I liked the authenticity of the book and its surroundings. This was a good read with good characters and an excellent premise. I think I have only read one short story by Rey, and maybe I will pick up some more.

I enjoyed this book and its premise. It was well-written. The author painted what I thought was an accurate depiction of both living on a farm and working in a restaurant. The characters were likable and had dimension to them.

This is the second book I have read from this author (the other one was from her Cape End romance), and I did enjoy this one (just like the last one).

This is a light read (not a very heavy plot), basically a big city gal comes to the country for a new restaurant (farm to table concept) and meets a country gal. I like that they didn't mesh right at the start (not a big fan of love at first sight thing), and it is a bit of a slow burn romance (again like that), but I get a chance to really get a feel for the characters. They are both feisty and both have strong opinions of city life verses country life that the author brings out well. Which is kind of the angst to the story.

There are a few supporting actors, but nothing to in depth but it does make for a good understanding of some of the MC background. All in all, I really enjoyed this book and read it in one sitting. I look forward to more from this author, and I still have it on my to-do list to finish the Cape End series.

I received an ARC through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, but would have written the same opinion if I had come across this author on my own.

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An appetizing romance.

Drew is a biracial hot shot chef from the City. She takes a job as head chef in upstate New York to speed up the timeline for becoming a head chef in Manhattan. She's not excited about country living but it's a means to an end.

Hannah owns a farm in upstate that provides fresh product to a friend's restaurant. When the butch city slicker, Drew, pops in, she doubts that the chef will make it long at all.

I loved the setting of this story. It was fun to hang out in the restaurant with Drew and harvest goods on the farm with Hannah. All of the characters were likable and had genuine growth throughout.

There was plenty of chemistry. Things started off pretty quickly, but it wasn't insta-love. More like insta-lust. And that made things play out believably as emotions began to add complication to things.

There was some necessary angst as they navigate making decisions between chasing hearts or fulfilling dreams.

I recommend this to anyone who loves romance, fresh produce, country life, dinner, and tractors named 'Bertie.'

<i>I received an ARC from Bold Strokes Books through Netgalley for an honest review.</i>

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This was a cute read it remind me of romantic comedies that I love. I just wish someone will do a rom-com with a same sex couple.

Drew is up coming chef who move to a small town in upstate New York. Hannah is a farmer who doesn't care for fancy things but that what she needs in order for Three Willows farm to survive. When a local restaurant wants to feature her produce.

I like both characters and the romance was cute it just didn't pull me in I like how they interact with the other people it felt like you really was in a small town and I love learning about food and farming.

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44597451-recipe-for-love" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Recipe for Love" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1553620842m/44597451.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44597451-recipe-for-love">Recipe for Love</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13652923.Aurora_Rey">Aurora Rey</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2795819242">2 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
This storyline was promising however the lack of chemistry between the main characters and unnecessary "drama" made it an okay but quick read. A bit of a disappointment from the author. I sadly rate it 2 stars.<br />I rec'd an ARC from NetGalley/Bold Strokes Books for an unbiased review.
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An honest review thanks to NetGalley. This book had a great concept, but it was difficult to get through the whole book. I never felt the connection between Drew and Hannah, and as the story progressed, I felt their relationship didn't. I did love the concept of Hannah being a farmer and Drew being a chef at a farm to table restaurant, their professional interactions were perfect. I just felt that I needed more with the relationship between Hannah and Drew to make the story great.

Reflective romance about setting a goal. Being on the road to accomplish that goal and being derailed by the unexpected. Drew Davis, chef, on a mission to be head chef of a top restaurant in New York. Hannah Little, farmer, with a passion to deliver quality products to the local community and restaurants. I enjoyed how the main characters valued friendship and the role each of their families played. I am interested in reads with a focus on romance, food, and wine. A simplistic read with a solid message about having it all.

I received an ARC copy of the book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving a review.

This was an excellent read. This is one book that I have been looking forward to reading. I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. Hannah is a Farmer and Drew is a Chef. The storyline is good and the pace was just right. I fell in love with Drew from the beginning but with Hannah it took me a few chapters to like her. The secondary characters are a great bunch, especially Baker.

All in all, an enjoyable read and I would recommend giving it a read.

This was a nice book and it was well written. That being said, I wish I could have felt a little more chemistry between the mains. And I would have liked for them to have been at odds for a little longer. It seemed like they were kind of standoffish with each other and then they were texting in a friendly manner quite quickly.

There wasn’t anything really wrong with the storyline, it was just a little boring for my tastes. I found myself skimming over some pages.

There are other books that I would chose to read again over this one.

(A copy was generously given to me by the publisher through NetGalley)

Easy pace, lots of detailing about farming and cooking, and fairly good chemistry between the MCs (with a couple of good sex scenes thrown in).

Drew Davis is a New York City chef wanting to speed up her climb in her career and a move upstate seems to be the right move for that. A new restaurant, Fig, is looking for a head chef. Fig aims to be a farm-to-table restaurant in the truest sense of the concept. One of the farms from which Fig sources produce is Hannah’s Three Willows Farm. On first sight, Hannah judges Drew harshly and seems adamant on holding on to an unjustified dislike. Attraction, chemistry and a growing appreciation of Drew’s professional abilities change the dynamics.

Everything about this book is nice. But that’s both, the good and bad thing – it is ‘nice’. Everything felt just middle-of-the-road but there is very little to dislike either. If you find it in your hands, go ahead and read it – but not something that you should be scouring around for either.

PS: Love the cover, though.

This is a sweet and enjoyable enough romance but I didn’t feel very connected to it. Drew Davis takes a job as head chef in a farm-to-table restaurant in upstate New York because it’s a good step up in her culinary career. Hannah Little runs the farm that has the contract to supply the restaurant that Drew has just become the new head chef of. Hannah and Drew don’t hit it off immediately but they definitely each appreciate the physical attractiveness of the other.

When I picked this up I noticed the variance in the reviews and I wondered where I would fall. I get a little bored by discussions around cooking and the preparation of food but that didn’t bother me in this novel at all. I felt that I didn’t really get to know either Hannah or Drew well enough to understand their motives or care about their choices. They didn’t seem to have any meaningful conversations or open themselves up to each other.

It doesn’t help that I read a book with a very similar theme fairly recently so reading this felt very familiar without much to make it any different. Hannah and Drew are nice enough characters and so are the secondary characters. I did like the ethnic diversity. Two and a half stars rounded up.

Book received from Netgalley and Bold Strokes Books for an honest review.

I think this one may be best described as a good romance. It follows the formula, it's a solid read, but nothing about it really set it over the top and WOWED me. It was a perfectly good and enjoyable read that I think quite a few people will like.

As for the MCs, they're perfectly good characters who I liked, but neither of them or their chemistry together really blew me away. It was a good setup with chef Drew pared with farmer Hannah, but I found myself wishing that their connection was a little deeper. I think this overall story could have been amped up more if Rey had played on Drew as a bi-racial woman coming from NYC to a small town, or even if Hannah's family stuff was fleshed out more. It was just missing that special something to set it apart from other decent reads.

I do want to mention that it thought it was neat to learn more about the farm-to-table process. There's a lot more to think about than you realize. In all honestly, I hate eating fruit and veggies - I'm the skinny girl who eats totally crap food and never gains weight, but even so, the farm-to-table stuff in this one wasn't overboard and I appreciated learning about the process more. IT was a touch slow at times though.

All in all, this is a very decent book that I think a lot of people will like. It didn't blow me away or anything, but it's low on angst (except for the totally predictable 80% scene), and was a decent read. 3.25 stars.

**Many thanks to Bold Strokes for providing me with an ARC copy in exchange for my honest review.**

I've been in a romantic, dreamy daze since finishing this book. I knew I was going to love this book but I didn't know how much I would love this book! As we finally reached temperatures in the double digits yesterday, this book was the perfect thing to read to get me excited for summer months.

In this Farm-To-Table romance, Hannah Little owns a farm with gorgeous fresh produce and Drew Davis turns it into food to put on the tables of a new restaurant in upstate New York called Fig. To Drew, working in a small town as head chef of a Farm-to-Table concept restaurant is just a means to an end. She's hopeful she can jump up a few rungs on the ladder and move back to New York City as soon as possible to get a position as head chef at an impressive restaurant. What she doesn't expect is to go from butting heads with Hannah to falling for her charms and her passions, as well as her produce.

This book fed my soul and left me wanting to cook, and eat, so many delicious things.

The romance was just adorable and very sexy. As always with Aurora Rey's books, the food was spectacular and an integral part of the leading ladies relationship. I loved all the little side romances between secondary characters, it gave the whole book such a heartwarming feel. Springtime/summertime love is in the air! The secondary characters were diverse and vibrant and fun. The dialogue in this book was brilliant, it felt lighthearted and quippy and kept the pace moving. I loved Hannah's sister Clare, she was an interesting addition to the story and really inspiring. I wish we had a little more about Hannah's relationship with her family, because as much as I like romance I love conflict and angst too.

I always seem to find kindred spirits in Aurora Rey's characters - right down to Hannah Little's taste in apples.

This book overall was just one of those feel-good books, you can't help smiling because it's just so blissfully happy.

I received an ARC from the author and BSB via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.