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{"id":7771053621403,"title":"One Enchanted Evening - paperback (2023)","handle":"one-enchanted-evening-paperback-2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eEver since she can remember, Meg has wanted to be a professional cook.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e But it's 1966, and in restaurant kitchens all over England it is still a man's world.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Then she gets a call from her mother who is running a small hotel in Dorset.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e There's an important banqueting event coming up. She needs help and she needs it now! When Meg arrives, the hotel seems stuck in the past. But she loves a challenge, and sets to work. Then Justin, the son of the hotel owner, appears, determined to take over the running of the kitchen.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Infuriated, Meg is determined to keep cooking - and soon sparks between them begin to fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill their differences be a recipe for disaster? After all, the course of true love never did run smooth...\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-11-08T15:31:56+00:00","created_at":"2023-11-08T15:18:00+00:00","vendor":"Katie Fforde","type":"books","tags":["book","Katie Fforde","One Enchanted Evening"],"price":899,"price_min":899,"price_max":899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43755567546523,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"‎ 9781529158137","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"One Enchanted Evening - paperback (2023)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":899,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"‎ 9781529158137","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/oneenchantedeveningCOVER_9468b043-3a4c-4e8d-860c-bf58b4a7718f.jpg?v=1699456685"],"featured_image":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/oneenchantedeveningCOVER_9468b043-3a4c-4e8d-860c-bf58b4a7718f.jpg?v=1699456685","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":28450902147227,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.651,"height":2329,"width":1517,"src":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/oneenchantedeveningCOVER_9468b043-3a4c-4e8d-860c-bf58b4a7718f.jpg?v=1699456685"},"aspect_ratio":0.651,"height":2329,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/katiefforde.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/oneenchantedeveningCOVER_9468b043-3a4c-4e8d-860c-bf58b4a7718f.jpg?v=1699456685","width":1517}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eEver since she can remember, Meg has wanted to be a professional cook.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e But it's 1966, and in restaurant kitchens all over England it is still a man's world.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Then she gets a call from her mother who is running a small hotel in Dorset.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e There's an important banqueting event coming up. She needs help and she needs it now! When Meg arrives, the hotel seems stuck in the past. But she loves a challenge, and sets to work. Then Justin, the son of the hotel owner, appears, determined to take over the running of the kitchen.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Infuriated, Meg is determined to keep cooking - and soon sparks between them begin to fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill their differences be a recipe for disaster? After all, the course of true love never did run smooth...\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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{"id":6824152105115,"title":"Saving the Day (Quick Reads 2021)","handle":"saving-the-day-2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAllie is bored with her job and starting to wonder whether she even likes her boyfriend, Ryan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe high point in her day is passing a café on her walk home from work. It is the sort of place where she'd really like to work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThen one day she sees an advert on the door: assistant wanted. 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End her relationship with Ryan, especially as through the window of the café, she spies a waiter who looks much more like her type of man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd when she learns that the café is in danger of closing, Allie knows she must do her very best to save the day ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a short story, not a full-length novel. 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