Bøker av Rachel Linden

Rachel Linden's newest contemporary women's fiction story speaks to the universal struggle of what it means to live a meaningful life where the passions we have meet the needs of the world.

"American chef Georgia May Jackson has one goal--to run her own restaurant in Paris. After a grueling decade working in Parisian kitchens, she is on the cusp of success. But in one disastrous night, Georgia loses her sous-chef position, her French boyfriend, and her sense of taste! Renowned for her refined palate and daring use of bold flavors to create remarkable dishes, Georgia is devastated to discover her culinary gift has simply ... vanished. When she receives a surprising invitation from her estranged mother, Georgia flees to a small island near Seattle hoping the visit will help her regain her spark in the kitchen. There she tentatively reconnects with her mom, a free-spirited hippie eager to make up for her past mistakes. But there's something about the enigmatic island Georgia just can't piece together. Good luck charms keep appearing in the oddest places. Her neighbor is a puzzlingly antagonist (and annoyingly handsome) oyster farmer. And her mom keeps hinting at a mysterious family legacy. With the clock ticking and time running out to win her dream job in Paris, Georgia begins to unravel some astonishing secrets that make her wonder if the true recipe for a charmed life might look--and taste--very different than she ever imagined"--

Waitress meets The Midnight Library in this uplifting novel about a chef who is granted the opportunity to spend a day in three alternate lives she could've had… three days, one life-altering opportunityLolly Blanchard's life only seems to give her lemons. Ten years ago, after her mother's tragic death, she broke up with her first love, and abandoned her dream of opening a restaurant in order to keep her family's struggling Seattle diner afloat and to care for her sister and grieving father. Now a decade later, she dutifully whips up the diner's famous lemon meringue pies each morning while pining for the love and life she lost.On Lolly's thirty-third birthday, her quirky, beloved aunt gives her a mysterious gift-three lemon drops, each of which allows her to live a single day in a life she might have lived if she'd made different choices. It's an eye-opening experience that helps Lolly comes to terms with all she's lost, but also recognize her own strength. With one last lemon drop to use, Lolly has a chance to do-over the last ten years. Torn between duty to her family and the true desires of her heart, she discovers that the key to transforming her life lies not in redoing her past, but in taking control of her present.Story Locale: Seattle, WA

Author Rachel Linden returns with a new contemporary women's fiction novel about the bond between sisters and finding the courage to fight for the people you love.