The Key to Love + Giveaway

RANDOM RETRO READ

The only thing Bri Duval loves more than baking petit fours is romance. So much so, she’s created her own version of the famous Parisian lovelock wall at her bakery in Story, Kansas. She never expects it to go viral–or for Trek Magazine to send travel writer Gerard Fortier to feature the bakery. He’s definitely handsome, but Bri has been holding out for a love story like the one her parents had, and that certainly will not include the love-scorned-and-therefore-love-scorning Gerard.

Just when it seems Bri’s bakery is poised for unprecedented success, a series of events threaten not just her business but the pedestal she’s kept her parents on all these years. Maybe Gerard is right about romance. Or maybe Bri’s recipe just needs to be tweaked.

Novelist Betsy St. Amant invites you to experience this sweet story of how love doesn’t always look the way we expect–and maybe that’s a good thing.

My Review:

published in 2020

If you like the grumpy/sunshine, enemies-to-more kind of tropes you are going to love this book!! So funny and touching and infuriating and ultimately toe-curling. lol

And the sniping between Bri and Gerard is laugh out loud funny in places and groan worthy at other times. These two are polar opposites — he’s all cynical and sarcastic while she’s all naivety and trust. He doesn’t believe in love; she knows that her one true love is out there somewhere. She also knows she’ll recognize him when she meets him. Snort. You can guess how that sets all her preconceived notions of romance in a tailspin! 🙂

But both Gerard and Bri have hidden hurts that need to surface and be dealt with before they can manage to get to a happily ever after. Love the balance between the rom/com scenes and the heart-tugging ones.

Plus there’s a whole town of interesting characters to play havoc in their lives, including a pair of octogenarians who consider their matchmaking talents a gift to the town…and they have their sight set on Bri and Gerard!

I enjoyed listening to the audible edition narrated by Pilar Witherspoon who always does an incredible job of bringing characters and stories to life.

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:

ebook available for anyone anywhere who has a kindle .com account.

US — paperback or ebook — winner’s choice

Canada — paperback or ebook (in gift card format) — winner’s choice

If you would like a chance to win a copy of The Key to Love, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoread AT yahoo DOT ca. If you add an email to your comment, remember to use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it’s easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday May 20, 2023. Offer open to International Readers.

17 thoughts on “The Key to Love + Giveaway”

  2. I adore this author and her books. My favorite book was the one released i 2021 Tacos for Two If you haven’t read it I highly recommend it. It reminded me of the movie You’ve Got Mail! Don’t put my name in the hat. I just had to stop in and say how much I love this author!

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  4. Great cover! Maybe it’s only those of us on a diet that notice all the fabulous goodies in the background. 😉 Always enjoy this author’s books and would love the opportunity to read “The Key to Love”, which sounds absolutely marvelous.

    Thank you for the chance to win a copy!
    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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  5. Another reminder of what books I have on my shelf but forgot about because it’s buried….HAHA! So needless to say, I should move this up on my TBR pile 🙂

    This sounds like my kind of laugh-out-loud story to enjoy VERY soon

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    1. Keep — a book buried alive in a TBR pile? What a fate! I’m sure you’ll be able to read your way through to it in a timely fashion…if you give up real life and sleeping. 🙂

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