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All Stirred Up: A Novel Kindle Edition

by Brianne Moore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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A light-hearted contemporary second chance romance set in the culinary scene of Edinburgh—and inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion!

A “chaste love story, peppered with just the right amount of family drama, foodie descriptions, and rom-com hijinks” (Publishers Weekly).

Susan Napier’s family once lived on the success of the high-end restaurants founded by her late grandfather. But bad luck and worse management has brought the business to the edge of financial ruin. Now it’s up to Susan to save the last remaining restaurant: Elliot’s, the flagship in Edinburgh.

But what awaits Susan in the charming city of Auld Reekie is more than she bargained for. Chris Baker, her grandfather’s former protégé—and her ex-boyfriend—is also heading to the Scottish capital. After finding fame in New York as a chef and judge of a popular TV cooking competition, Chris is returning to his native Scotland to open his own restaurant. Although the storms have cleared after their intense and rocky breakup, Susan and Chris are re-drawn into each other’s orbit—and their simmering attraction inevitably boils over.

As Chris’s restaurant opens to great acclaim and Susan tries to haul Elliot’s back from the brink, the future brims with new promise. But darkness looms as they find themselves in the crosshairs of a gossip blogger eager for a juicy story—and willing to do anything to get it. Can Susan and Chris reclaim their lost love, or will the tangled past ruin their last hope for happiness?

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Praise for All Stirred Up:
“This chaste love story, peppered with just the right amount of family drama, foodie descriptions, and rom-com hijinks, is a treat.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Moore brings foodies and rom-com lovers together in this tasty delight of a debut”
—Booklist

“A delightful contemporary twist on a classic tale, All Stirred Up will make Jane Austen’s many fans laugh, cry, and eat.”
—Laurel Ann Nattress, editor of Jane Austen Made Me Do It

"Charming and engaging, All Stirred Up captures the essence of Austen while making a bold name for itself. A true delight."
—Rosalie Stanton, award-winning author of A Higher Education

About the Author

Mary Jane Wells trained as an actress at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1998 and went on to appear in multiple lead and supporting roles for film and television. The recipient of a BAFTA, she has lent her voice to multiple audiobooks, brands, and was Cate Blanchett's voice-match at Dreamworks Animation.

Brianne Moore was born into a family of chefs. She grew up baking, spinning tales of bold princesses and gutsy ladies, and developing a deep love for British history and authors. After receiving a degree in English literature from Macalester College, she embarked on a career in journalism and web publishing. Once she moved from Pennsylvania to Edinburgh, Scotland, she felt like she had finally come home. She now lives by the sea in East Lothian with her husband, sons, and crazy bulldog, Isla.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B082ZQ7VSV
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Alcove Press (October 6, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 6, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 854 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 283 pages

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so sweet

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2024

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Love everything about this book. Strong characters and good story.
I hope there will be more of these delightful people.

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2020

Susan Napier's family once owned and ran a range of very successful restaurants founded by her grandfather. Their name was pretty legendary in the restaurant world. That is, until their luck, and some bad management, turned and they've been forced to shut down nearly all of their restaurants excepts for the flagship, Elliot's, in Edinburgh where Susan now plans to relocate and try to salvage what they have left.

When she arrives she runs into Chris Baker, a famous reality-show chef, who also happens to be Susan's ex. Years ago Chris and Susan parts on terrible terms and neither has spoken to the other in years. Now, they'll be each other's competition.

Chris spent many years holding a grudge against Susan for the way their relationship ended. He's prepared to continue that grudge now, despite the fact that they're running in the same circles. But as they keep running into each other, both Chris and Susan begin to reevaluate the past and begin to come to some realizations of their own.

I've read some mixed reviews on this book. But I have to say I really enjoyed it. It's possible that listening to the audiobook, narrated fabulously by Mary Jane Wells helped. She simply does a fantastic job with all the characters and the varying accents, giving each just a bit of difference so I was never confused about who was speaking what dialogue. She also did a fine job between the male and female voices. So much so that it was difficult to come to terms with the idea that only one person was narrating.

All Stirred Up is a modern retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion. That alone grabbed my attention. You pretty much just have to say Jane Austen retelling and I'm like 99% guaranteed to want to read it. But honestly, I felt like the story stands well on it's own merit. And you certainly don't have to have read the source material to enjoy this book.

I'm really also a sucker for a second-chance romance and while it's more of a slow burn romance, I enjoyed the journey in getting there which focuses mainly on Susan navigating getting her family restaurant back in good graces. Chris also has his own point of view moments, but they mainly revolved around his complicated feelings for Susan. I do wish that there was more interactions between the two characters because whenever there was, it was simply electric. Maybe that's the power of the story, it's certainly a reason why I kept coming back to it.

For all that I liked Susan's journey, it's pretty straight-forward. I found myself more drawn into Chris and putting the pieces together of his past with Susan. There's a bit more mystery surrounding it although it's not really a huge shock, I wished we got to explore the aftermath of the end of their relationship, the in-between times, for Chris before them running into each other again in Edinburgh.

Overall, this was a great listen (read) and I honestly would have happily taken a hundred more pages with these characters.

If you're looking for a good listen, All Stirred Up is perfect.

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FromTheSouth

Slow burn, ruined once but resurrected out of the ashes romance come back love story

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2020

Well, my emotions and opinions are all stirred up over this one, my fellow romance book loving friends. I’m not sure whether to give you the good or bad news first, so I’ll settle with reality first and let you decide where the chips fall.

Please note I read and reviewed an advanced reader copy. Therefore, I know to overlook accidental typos and occasional grammar errors. They happen sometimes. I just roll with it. Heck, even in final editions they usually do not register on my reviewer radar at all, because I’m all about the romantic tale itself. However, in this case, especially in the very beginning, the third person narration came across like the movie George in the Jungle. The complete absence of pronouns and over usage of Chris and Susan’s names pretty much non-stop was bewildering to the point it was glaringly annoying. I half expected them both to start calling themselves by their own name (i.e. Chris leaving now to go home; Chris thinks Susan looks pretty today). Here’s to hoping a final edit resolved that blatant issue. I didn't let it overly impact my rating, btw. Just giving you a friendly, hopefully helpful heads up.

Once I inoculated myself to that form of script, I was starting to get pulled into this relationship angst, chef themed romance. But well past midway with little to no interaction between the main couple, who even started dating other people, I found myself disappointed in the lack of progress between these two supposedly destined to be together lovebirds.

Yeah, a big reveal and parts of a rather alarming explanation gets told about what actually happened ten years ago, but really? Was I just supposed to roll with them dating and lip locking with other people after repeatedly running into each other again? It’s a personal preference, folks, but I always only want my main couple to have eyes, lips, and hands for each other. I know Susan and her brief boyfriend didn’t get very far around the bases, but I can’t help but wonder about Chris. I’m just keeping my fingers crossed he actually did stay too busy to get overly busy with that OW, who was a very close relative of Susan. What a shame it even had to cross my mind though.

Another romance book recipe tip I’d like to make here is to cut back on the descriptive tour guide spiels regarding names of buildings, bridges, rivers, streets, water ways, etc, in this city that popped up more than once. I appreciate history and geography as much as anyone, but they were overly lengthy and didn’t seem to fit a purpose. Unless you already were quite familiar with this area, that likely went over your head like it did mine. Mostly because it wasn’t presented in a novice to the region type manner.

The restaurant biz business also stole loads of time away from the romantic plot. I’m thinking the actual romance was only about 25% of this book, meaning it was there but simmering on the back burner most of the time. The family dynamics on both sides did contribute to the main couple’s life situations so their appearances were more understandable.

What the author did accomplish was tug at my heart strings for the loss of time and love both these characters missed out on during their ten year l-o-n-g separation. Finally knowing the full scoop was enlightening, surprisingly mostly on Chris’ side. We pretty much knew Susan’s big misstep story upfront, except for a rather predictable reveal. Granted they both seemed bent on getting over it now with other people. Susan didn’t fight hard enough for love back then, and I wasn’t quite sure either were going to now. Chris actually had a good reason to initially want nothing to do with her. Despite all this, the author still had me wanting them to push everything and everyone aside and reconnect. So that is saying something, folks. Cuddos for that. After all, it is romance that I always root for.

Chris being instantly aware and attracted to a gorgeous relative of Susan’s, who he chose to start dating didn’t do me any favors. Movie star other man making moves on Susan evened that playing field you could say.

All said and done, sadly they both should have been upfront and honest about the issues that were drowning their relationship way back when. In summary, I’d call this a slow burn, ruined once but resurrected out of the ashes romance come back story.

P.S. Susan’s dimmed witted, spoiled, vane, self entitled daddy didn’t deserve any type of wealthy lifestyle. All he did was whine and complain about their reduced, downgraded circumstances from being insanely rich to just still wealthy, when he was the main reason for it. Everyone seemed to placate him and that really irked me. It would have been nice if he would have been remorseful and owned up to his mistakes.

Title: All Stirred Up, Author: Brianne Moore, Pages: 320, stand-alone, slow burn second chance after l-o-n-g separation, OM scenario, OW scenario, business manager & pastry chef heroine, not romance safe for some, third person narration.

(I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I was not given any payment or compensation for this review. There is no affiliation or relationship between this reviewer and the author/publisher/NetGalley.)

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J. Alter

A tangled relationship in the Edinburgh food world makes great reading

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2023

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Let’s be clear: this is not a romance novel. Anyone who reads it with that expectation is bound to be disappointed. True, there is a tangled romantic relationship at the core of the book, but there is so much more—a chance to be immersed in the life and culture of Edinburgh, particularly the high-end restaurant world of the city. And there are lots of food references that will delight foodies.
Unknown to each other, Susan Napier and Chris Baker, once lovers, return to Edinburgh simultaneously, he to open his first big restaurant and she to try to resurrect the last of her family’s once-successful chain, Elliott’s on the Royal Mile. Much of the narrative involves Susan preparing for the grand re-opening with, of course, many setbacks from a pastry chef who storms out to wood rot in the walls. Inevitably, she and Chris cross paths, but their meetings are tense and uncomfortable. In an unusual twist, a gossip blogger is instrumental in working out the plot.
Susan and Chris are complex, fully rounded, and believable characters. Some of the lesser figures are portrayed in rather bold strokes—the dilettante father, the neurotic sister, the male movie star who courts Susan. No spoilers here, but I really enjoyed this book and felt myself slip easily into its fictional world.

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