Vanity Fare - by Megan Caldwell (Paperback)

About the Book

A charming novel about a 40-year-old Brooklyn mother, recently divorced, who starts writing copy for a bakery, discovers a knack for food-related literary puns, and becomes entangled in a love triangle.

Book Synopsis

Vanity Fare is a charming romantic comedyof food, family, literature, and romance in which a 40-year-old newly single Brooklyn mother embarks on a culinary writing career and finds herself at the center of a deliciously tempting love triangle.

Molly Hagan--"a heroine who's wittier than Ellen DeGeneres on speed" (New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries) is overwhelmed. Her cheating husband left her for a younger blonde, her six-year-old son is questioning her authority, and she's starting a job as a copywriter for a local Brooklyn bakery.

She doesn't need the complications of a new love. But the bakery's sexy British pastry chef is determined to win her heart. And there is his intimidating and oh so irresistible business partner...who happens to have a secret that might prevent Molly from getting her own Happily Ever After.

Funny and sweet, Megan Caldwell's charming romantic novel includes five delicious recipes developed with the pastry chef from Union Square Café.

From the Back Cover

Molly Hagan is overwhelmed.

Her husband left her for a younger, blonder woman; her six-year-old son is questioning her authority, and now so is she. In order to pay her Brooklyn rent and keep her son supplied with Pokémon and Legos, not to mention food and clothing, she has to get a job--fast.

So when an old friend offers Molly a freelance position copywriting for a new bakery, finding romance is just about the last thing on her mind. But the sexy British pastry chef who's heading up the bakery has other thoughts. And then so does Molly, when she meets the chef's intimidating business partner--who also happens to have a secret that might prevent Molly from getting her own happily ever after.

Review Quotes

"It has everything I could ask for in a book, a brilliant plot, brilliant characters, witty writing (I LOVE witty writing), it's snarky, it's just plain fantastic. Do pick up Vanity Fare, it will surprise you -- in the best way possible." - Chick Lit Reviews
"...a charming winter read..." - Romantic Times BOOKclub
"Caldwell's light intrigues and bevy of supporting characters cast an old-fashioned spell on her modern Brooklyn romance." - Kirkus Reviews
"...readers will identify with [Molly's] attempts to rise from the ashes." - Publishers Weekly