Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake, Alexis Hall
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake, Alexis Hall
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Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake

Author: Alexis Hall

Narrator: Fiona Hardingham

Unabridged: 10 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Forever

Published: 05/18/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Fans of Casey McQuiston, Christina Lauren, and Abby Jimenez will love this scrumptious and sweet romantic comedy from the "dizzyingly talented writer" of Boyfriend Material (Entertainment Weekly)

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Following the recipe is the key to a successful bake. Rosaline Palmer has always lived by those rules—well, except for when she dropped out of college to raise her daughter, Amelie. Now, with a paycheck as useful as greaseproof paper and a house crumbling faster than biscuits in tea, she’s teetering on the edge of financial disaster. But where there’s a whisk there’s a way . . . and Rosaline has just landed a spot on the nation’s most beloved baking show.

Winning the prize money would give her daughter the life she deserves—and Rosaline is determined to stick to the instructions. However, more than collapsing trifles stand between Rosaline and sweet, sweet victory.  Suave, well-educated, and parent-approved Alain Pope knows all the right moves to sweep her off her feet, but it’s shy electrician Harry Dobson who makes Rosaline question her long-held beliefs—about herself, her family, and her desires.

Rosaline fears falling for Harry is a guaranteed recipe for disaster. Yet as the competition—and the ovens—heat up, Rosaline starts to realize the most delicious bakes come from the heart.

About Alexis Hall

Alexis Hall is the author of numerous novels, including The Affair of the Mysterious Letter, the Arden St. Ives series, and the Spires series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on January 07, 2022

"It's a baking show. It should be about how well you bake." "It's a TV show. It's about how well you TV." I really enjoyed Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake. I had no idea how much I needed a novelisation of The Great British Bakeoff until I read this book, but it was hard to put down. Reading about......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on June 10, 2022

Hmm... I stuck in the middle of conflict feelings. Could someone like a book so much but also get irritated of some parts and some characters ( yes, douchebag Alain who earned my thousand punch point, I’m talking about you the manipulative gaslighting specialist! ) Let me elaborate my reading experi......more

*3.5 stars* I had very high expectations going into Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake. First off all, Boyfriend Material was my favorite book of 2020, and I thought it was hilarious, so the promise of another funny book with a bisexual female MC and a take on the Great British Baking Show... man, I was......more

Goodreads review by aly on February 04, 2024

Who wouldn't love a baking book? Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake is pretty entertaining, thanks to Amelie and her big brain. Her retorts and interaction with Rosaline were just humorous. Add that this book also had one of the most structured writings I've ever encountered. Unfortunately, these variab......more

Goodreads review by Erin on March 13, 2021

2.5 Okay, so. The biggest thing for me is that the entire book came off way too preachy. Which is frustrating because I absolutely love books that preach equality and diversity and treating people with respect and calling out behaviour you don’t like and consent and all that jazz but do we really nee......more


Quotes

"Hall does it again with this scrumptious, quietly subversive rom-com again . . . Hilarious, heartwarming, and grounded, Rosaline's story proves that happy endings look different from person to person."—Publishers Weekly

"Everyone needs to read this. Brilliance on every single page. Hilarious, witty, tender, and stunning. I love this book."—Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners, on Boyfriend Material

"Hall is a dizzyingly talented writer, one likely to spur envy in anyone who's ever picked up a pen."—Entertainment Weekly

"Alexis Hall is the undisputed master of romantic comedy."—Jenny Holiday, USA Today bestselling author

"Every once in a while you read a book that you want to SCREAM FROM ROOFTOPS about. I'm screaming, people!"—Sonali Dev, USA Today bestselling author, on Boyfriend Material

"[T]he joyfully queer British romcom escape book I didn't know I needed. It's absurdly funny and swoonily romantic, with a sharp edge of wit and observation that keeps the story bounding along. An unbridled 'one-more-chapter-oh-no-it's-3am' delight."—KJ Charles, author of A Charm of Magpies series, on Boyfriend Material

"The writing is witty, and [the] chemistry is irresistible, but it's Hall's insights about trust and self-worth that set the story apart. This is a triumph."—Publishers Weekly on Boyfriend Material