Going Pecans
(Holiday Sugar #1)
by Gina Henning
Synopsis
A
warm pie. A tasty guy. Happy Thanksgiving indeed.
Homecomings
for Lauren Hauser are always filled with delicious food and hopes for a
distraction from her quirky family. The only exception with this visit: she’s
been given the challenge of preparing her grandmother’s pie.
Set
out on a journey for pecans, Lauren stumbles into Jack a guy who despite his
charm (and kissable lips) appears to be in a committed relationship…with his
career. His main concern is taking care of a last minute errand for a client,
not Lauren or her quest for the key ingredient.
Frazzled
in more ways than one, Lauren’s journey improves when Jack rescues her from an
icy walk. Attraction and tension rise and soon pecans aren't the only things
getting toasty in the kitchen.
My Thoughts
Lauren has been entrusted with her grandmother’s
highly secret pecan pie recipe and has been tasked to bake this pie for the
upcoming family Thanksgiving meal.
Looking at the ingredient list, everything looks pretty standard –
except the pecans. They MUST come from a
certain pecan farm – no exceptions, or the pie will not be the same. These
pecans absolutely make the pie taste so good and grandma will know if inferior
pecans are used. You know the saying –
if grandma ain’t happy, ain’t no one happy!
Of course, once Lauren gets to the pecan farm,
only one small eight ounce bag is left and she needs ten ounces to make the
pie. As she is in line to check out, the
sexy business man in front of her has thirteen bags of the desired pecans. What the heck does he need all those
for? Surly he can spare one small bag. But nope, the pecan hoarder is not parting
with the pecans, no matter the price Lauren offers him.
Anyway, the situation goes from bad to worse as
she starts her two hour trip home and she gets a flat tire. Of course, there is no spare tire in the
trunk thanks to her not so handy brother-in -law. Then she discovers her cell phone has
died. So with that, she starts walking
home. Being in Texas, the weather
changes by the minute (truth….I live there!) and her sunny and warm forecasted
day turns to a freezing sleet storm.
Lucky for her, a passing vehicle stops to help
and it is none other than the pecan hoarder.
His name is Jack by the way. They
really do click and since they both have pies to make, Jack invites Lauren to
his place of business because he has an awesome commercial kitchen and they can
whip those pies up in no time. Once she
gets there though and looks over his recipe, she discovers that her grandmother’s
secret family recipe is not so special at all because Jack has the same exact
one. Lauren is devastated because she
thought her grandma’s recipe was extra special, but spending the time with Jack
make her forget all about that.
Oh, my gosh!
This story was an absolute delight to read! Humor and funny antics are abundant in this
fast paced, loveable story and I could not help but laugh out loud as I was
reading. Even figuring out that Grandma
might be playing match maker did not take away from the story at all – matter of
fact, it made it all that much funnier. Going Pecans is truly fantastic and well
worth the time. Ms. Henning’s writing
style flows so effortlessly, the reader can’t help but be swept away in this
sweet story. I highly recommend Going Pecans if you love a light-hearted
romance that is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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About the Author
Gina
Henning currently resides where bluebonnets line the highways in the spring,
but she prefers the rock flower anemone from under the sea. Above the ocean’s
surface Gina likes to dance with her three boys and travel to exotic places
like the grocery store with her husband. Her pooch Schatzi is a mix between
German Shepherd and possibly pig. One of Gina’s favorite pastimes is running.
She recently completed her one-and-done marathon. At the end of the day her
glass of wine is always half-full.
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