The Romance Recipe

By: Ruby Barrett

Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens, Natalie Naudus

Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

A LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST

"The feelings in this one are dialed up so high you almost can’t look at them directly: It would be like staring into the sun... Like Rosie Danan or Kate Clayborn, Barrett has a way of making palpable the full journey of a relationship" –New York Times

“Simply put, The Romance Recipe is a treat.” –USA TODAY

Amy Chambers: restaurant owner, micromanager, control freak.

Amy will do anything to revive her ailing restaurant, including hiring a former reality-show finalist with good connections and a lot to prove. But her hopes that Sophie’s skills and celebrity status would bring her restaurant back from the brink of failure are beginning to wane…

Sophie Brunet: grump in the kitchen/sunshine in the streets, took thirty years to figure out she was queer.

Sophie just wants to cook. She doesn’t want to constantly post on social media for her dead-in-the-water reality TV career, she doesn’t want to deal with Amy’s take-charge personality and she doesn’t want to think about what her attraction to her boss might mean…

Then, an opportunity: a new foodie TV show might provide the exposure they need. An uneasy truce is fine for starters, but making their dreams come true means making some personal and painful sacrifices and soon, there’s more than just the restaurant at stake.

Carina Adores is home to romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters.

Book 1: Hot Copy
Book 2: The Romance Recipe

©2022 Ruby Barrett (P)2022 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

Enjoyable story with excellent narration

I totally enjoyed listening to The Romance Recipe. Ruby Barrett is a gifted writer. Chelsea Stephens and Natalie Naudus are fantastic narrators.

Good lez romcom

First listen with author Ruby Barrett. It was enjoyable, realistic and steamy in the right places. The voices were indistinguishable between each other, but clear audibly. Recommend and looking for more from Ruby Barrett.

LOOOOOVE IT

Absolutely a good and easy read(listen) the setting was realistic and easy to imagine, the plot was thick and juicy plus all the "sexy" scenes had me at yes, yes and YES! Loved the voice actors, my only complaint is I needed a little more depth on Sophie's background but other than that i have zero complaints, can't wait for more from this author.

Sweet queer romcom!

Such a sweet queer romcom about opposites attracting and finding your perfect match where you least expect it. Sophie is feeling adrift after ending her engagement because he wasn't supportive of her coming out as bisexual. She takes a job somewhere new, only to find herself devastatingly attracted to the restaurant owner despite her abrasive attitude.

These two find their way to each other even though life seems determined to keep them apart. Listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed it!

Spicy 🌶🌶🌶

Wow! I am deeply glad that I was wearing headphones while listening to this story cause the periodic blushing it gave me. Definitely a great romantic read.

My first F/F

The story was good. I wanted a little more out of it so I would probably have given it a 3.5 stars if that was an option but I still enjoyed it. The narrators did a great job.

A Hot Kitchen.

Amy’s restaurant is in trouble and she’s trying everything to recover. Sophia, chef extraordinaire, doesn’t seem on top of her game. A hot sexy romantic couple and two seamless narrators. Fabulous.

I absolutely adored this book!!

It took me a hot second to get used to the back and forth between the two lead characters. But soon I was craving it!! Great story, HOT writing!!

Spicy

This was a wonderful love story. Performed so well, I could literally see the scenes in my mind. The emotions conveyed so well. It was passionate and left me giddy.

When things get tough, the tough get going… or stay!

Real life is filled with challenges and the media stimulated industry of celebrity chef-dom, is poised for drama. There’s new awareness and coming out spice in this story, AND doing that later than most people do in life. In an ideal world, we fully find ourselves before we find each other, or that very special significant other. Yeh, right! The main characters struggle to accept their own feelings and then struggle to accept those feelings from one another AND they work together in a volatile business model, aka, a high-end restaurant. The two voice narration and multiple perspectives in this story is a bonus. I think these characters demonstrate one very important thing- there is no true love or passion without perseverance!