Making Up for Lost Time

By: Karin Kallmaker

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Master Chef Jamie Onassis has used every penny she has to buy a beautiful country inn she plans to turn into a five-star restaurant. Unfortunately, the inn turns out to be a "handyman's special" and, without the skills or capital to make the necessary repairs, Jamie risks losing everything.

Home and garden expert Valkyrie Valentine is a rising star among the do-it-yourself set. A seemingly perfect homemaker, Valkyrie seems destined to become the next Martha Stewart - as long as no one discovers her embarrassing little secret: she can't cook.

Media mogul Sheila Thintowski is a woman on a mission. ever since meeting the dazzling, dynamic Valkyrie Valentine, she's been determined to interview her - up-close and extremely personally. Sheila suspects that Valkyrie's hands-on skills extend well beyond home improvement - and she's looking for some private lessons.

©1998 Karin Kallmaker (P)2020 Tantor

Food and love!!

One of the first love stories that made me hungry with recipes spoken of, sweet story,

Rebuilding A Dream

Jamie Onassis, Master Chef, used her inheritance to buy the beautiful country inn where she grew up. Valykie Valentine offers free labor to renovate the inn if she can use it to interview for a show on home and gardens and get free cooking lessons. So she can become the next “Martha Steward”, who also wears a tool belt. It’s gotta be a disaster. Great narration and fun story. Recommend.

sweet

this was a very cute and sweet story. it made me smile chuckle and fell a little sad for the mc. Great listen

Excellent book fantastic narration

This was a great book, that I will listen to time and time again. Abby Craden as always sets the bar very high for other narration. Loved it!!

Good story

My only complaint is that I became confused between the young lesbian characters. Once I distinguished them, I was fine. I loved the setting and warm feeling of a town who supported each other. The older relatives (Aunt Em and Liesl) made me feel warm, as well.

Still ... making up for lost time

I first read this book in 2002. I was recently retired from the military, and truly making up for lost time. I had no idea that there were sapphic books, let alone brilliantly written books such as this. I loved the way the book left for my imagination regarding some scenes. 😉 I loved the recipes, the toolbelt, the CHOCOLATE! I love everything about this timeless book, AND that it is only enhanced and made a more complete experience by the EXCELLENT narration that brings it into today's way of enjoying great stories.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
Thank you, Karin for adding spice, and, Abby for enhancing my senses.

the reviews saying it ends abruptly are right

it's very fun. I'd call it cozy, crazy, cute. however, it ends SO abruptly, there's not much of a love story, not much interpersonal interaction between leads, though obvious tension. it's hard not to be thrown off by how fast it sunsets, and the major villain is handled too easily.

doesn't feel like it's written by a queer writer... I think because it follows the absurd pacing of a straight holiday hallmark romance? but still enjoyable and fun.

Great combination

Take a writer like Karin Kallmaker, add a narrator like Abby Craden to that mix add food, drama and renovations of an old inn, and you got yourself a pure pleasure.

Great, enjoyable story

What a beautifully written and narrated story. It has just the right flow and character development along with tasteful romance.

It was Ok

As far as being believable goes with the MCs falling for each other..it’s hard to buy. The majority of the book supported the surrounding storyline rather than the development of the connection between the two. Then there didn’t seem to be any time left when they suddenly happened. The idea was good but too much time spent on everything else besides the MCs.