Book Review: The Candy Apple Café (Honey Haven #1) by Donna Ashcroft  @donnaashcroftauthor  @bookouture 

The Candy Apple Café
(Honey Haven #1)
by Donna Ashcroft

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Falling in love can be sweet and spicy…

A fun-loving baking queen with a heart of gold. Her gruff neighbour. A tiny Scottish town. Is this a recipe for love – or disaster? This is the utterly unputdownable spicy Autumn romance you’ve been waiting for!

When Izzi pulls up in her battered old car outside The Candy Apple Café, she takes a deep breath and channels her trademark optimism. She’s run away to Honey Haven to escape the mess her life is in right now. Only, she hasn’t bargained on a handsome, broad-shouldered Scotsman appearing out of nowhere and grilling her on why she’s parked there… it turns out the baking work she has lined up is in his gran’s café and he’s her new landlord…

Cameron is immediately rubbed up the wrong way by Izzi’s upbeat vibes, and yet, his eyes keep meeting hers across his gran’s cake display at The Candy Apple Café. Cameron’s heart beats a little faster every time she looks up at him through those long, dark lashes, and there are only so many times Izzi can pretend she hasn’t noticed the way he towers over her, his dark, brooding eyes failing to avoid hers…

Then Izzi and Cameron find themselves thrown together to organise the town’s Autumn festival. Planning a spectacular cinnamon-scented event as a surprise for his gran, they find themselves pressed up against each other as they work to turn a crumbling castle into the perfect haunted house filled with sweet treats…

But he’s closed off his heart. And she’s only meant to be in town for a few weeks.

Will the heat between grumpy Cameron and sunny Izzi dial up a notch? Or will their relationship turn as chilly as the Autumn air in Honey Haven?

Snuggle up with a steamy hot drink and bed down with this spicy romance, filled with grumpy sunshine vibes and a dreamy HEA. Perfect for fans of Laurie Gilmore, Harper Graham, and Gilmore Girls!

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My Rating:

Favorite Quotes:

 

It was like she desperately needed to scratch something but couldn’t find the source of the itch.

… ‘we’re all allowed to make mistakes.’ She sighed. ‘It’s what we do about them that really matters.’

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My Review:

 

I delighted in every perfectly chosen word of this adorable tale. How have I not read this clever scribbler before? Her word voodoo is stellar. I am kicking myself for not having noticed her mad skills sooner. This was a fun and entertaining read with engaging story lines that were laced together with thoughtful insights, sneaky wry humor, and steamy goodness while populated with a cast of relatable and authentic characters. I became an instant fan and an ardent devotee of this clever scribe on page one.

 

 

Donna wanted to be an author from the age of twelve, and reading and writing were her first loves. In 2018, her first book, Summer at the Castle Cafe, was published, and her dreams finally came true! She has fourteen books published. Three of the books have been in the Amazon top 100 (a cause for immense celebrations), and one even made it to number seven in the UK and US Kindle charts. She was also shortlisted for the RNA Debut Romantic Novel of the Year in 2019. Donna lives in Hertfordshire, with her own romantic hero, two grown-up kids, and two very grumpy cats. She loves a happy ending and is never happier than when she’s escaping into a romance novel or movie.

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