Delicious (Arabesque)

Rating:
Summary: Tasty Mystery !
Review: This novel helped me to decide to work for this line of books. Delicious is the story of Bailey Walker, a caterer, married to Sam, one splendid example of male pulchritude. Bailey is satisfied being a wife and mother to her daughter, Fern, until her best friend, Mary Lou, is found dead. Bailey is immediately suspicious.

The manner in which Shelby Lewis combines sleuthing with winning recipes is unique. The book was a nice mystery novel as well as a romance. It reminded me somewhat of Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, the way she weaved recipes into the telling of the tale.

The love scenes between Sam and Bailey are passionate and touching. We don't often read of married couples, still deeply in love with one another. And the scene where the ex-husband shows up wanting to make trouble for one of the girlfriends and the women are prepared to take off their shoes and get down in defense of their friend, well, that was one of the funniest scenes I've ever read.

Rating:
Summary: Tasty Mystery !
Review: This novel helped me to decide to work for this line of books. Delicious is the story of Bailey Walker, a caterer, married to Sam, one splendid example of male pulchritude. Bailey is satisfied being a wife and mother to her daughter, Fern, until her best friend, Mary Lou, is found dead. Bailey is immediately suspicious.

The manner in which Shelby Lewis combines sleuthing with winning recipes is unique. The book was a nice mystery novel as well as a romance. It reminded me somewhat of Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, the way she weaved recipes into the telling of the tale.

The love scenes between Sam and Bailey are passionate and touching. We don't often read of married couples, still deeply in love with one another. And the scene where the ex-husband shows up wanting to make trouble for one of the girlfriends and the women are prepared to take off their shoes and get down in defense of their friend, well, that was one of the funniest scenes I've ever read.