The Patron Saint of Lost Souls

By: Menna van Praag

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Jude is the owner of a unique antiques shop in Cambridge. She makes it her mission to match customers with the special something that they are missing, a talisman to bring them what their heart desires. Unfortunately, Jude’s life is not overflowing with love. However, when she 'inherits' a niece that she never knew existed, doubling her meagre family overnight, Jude's life is soon set to get a lot less lonely and a lot more interesting. Viola is a single-minded perfectionist whose heart's only desire is the position of head chef at one of Cambridge’s most prestigious restaurants. But when Viola keeps bumping into a widower, Mathieu, she begins to discover that there’s more to life beyond the kitchen.

©2018 Menna van Praag (P)2019 Isis Publishing Ltd

scrumptious!

This was the perfect counter to the 2020 shop of horrors. It is engaging and well-narrated.

Romance novel

Misrepresented. It isn’t listed as a romance and it is. Disappointing and unreadable. Predictable. Ick.