THE CITY BAKER'S GUIDE TO COUNTRY LIVING

You'll be craving a hearty wedge of apple pie by the time you finish listening to this breezy story about how Olivia Rawlings, an award-winning pastry chef to Boston's social elite, reinvents herself as the dessert baker for a Vermont country inn. The audiobook provides a comfortable stage for narrator Jorjeana Marie's impressive ability to spice up dialogue with a good measure of the characters' personalities. Listeners will sense the kindness hidden beneath the crustiness of the elderly inn owner as well as the insecurities that underlie Olivia's emotional connections with her new neighbors. When Olivia isn't mixing up a batch of fruity breakfast scones, she's practicing her banjo, walking in the crisp New England woods, and maybe even cooking up a little romance. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2016]