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The Bake-Off - Beth Kendrick (2011)
Amy and Linnie are estranged sisters. Amy is a suburban mum to her two-year-old twins. Linnie, a former child prodigy, is now a leopard-print-bustier-wearing blackjack dealer in Vegas. Grammy Syl is determined to get her two granddaughters back together. So she concocts a plan and enters Amy and Linnie into a national duet dessert baking contest. The grand prize of $100,000 keeps both sisters motivated. Armed with their grandmother's recipe for apple pie, the two sisters head into a heated competition. As the two polar-opposite sisters get themselves in crazy situations, they begin to act more like sisters and less like strangers. I absolutely loved this book. It is laugh-out-loud funny and you can't help but love both sisters. Don't be surprised if you want to try out the yummy-sounding recipes the author includes in the beginning and end of the book. (AO)
The Bake-Off - Beth Kendrick
Suburban soccer mom Amy has always wanted to stand out from the crowd. Former child prodigy Linnie just wants to fit in. The two sisters have been estranged for years, but thanks to a series of personal crises and their wily grandmother, they've teamed up to enter a national bake-off in the hopes of winning some serious cash. Armed with the top-secret recipe for Grammy's apple pie, they should be unstoppable. Sure, neither one of them has ever baked anything beyond brownie mix, but how hard could it be?! When the competition heats up, what begins as a straightforward pact for victory deteriorates into a free-for-all. Amy and Linnie struggle to rebuild their relationship as family secrets, old betrayals and new romances enter into the mix. Given the right recipe and an unexpected blend of bitter and sweet, even the oddest pairings can produce something delicious.