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The Romance Recipe: An LGBTQ+ RomCom Paperback – July 12, 2022

by Ruby Barrett (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 389 ratings
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A LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST

"The feelings in this one are dialed up so high you almost can’t look at them directly: It would be like staring into the sun... Like Rosie Danan or Kate Clayborn, Barrett has a way of making palpable the full journey of a relationship" –New York Times

“Simply put, The Romance Recipe is a treat.” –USA TODAY

Amy Chambers: restaurant owner, micromanager, control freak.

Amy will do anything to revive her ailing restaurant, including hiring a former reality-show finalist with good connections and a lot to prove. But her hopes that Sophie’s skills and celebrity status would bring her restaurant back from the brink of failure are beginning to wane…

Sophie Brunet: grump in the kitchen/sunshine in the streets, took thirty years to figure out she was queer.

Sophie just wants to cook. She doesn’t want to constantly post on social media for her dead-in-the-water reality TV career, she doesn’t want to deal with Amy’s take-charge personality and she doesn’t want to think about what her attraction to her boss might mean…

Then, an opportunity: a new foodie TV show might provide the exposure they need. An uneasy truce is fine for starters, but making their dreams come true means making some personal and painful sacrifices and soon, there’s more than just the restaurant at stake.


Carina Adores is home to romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters.


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Amazon Editor's Pick: Best Book of the Month in Romance, July 2022
“Simply delicious! Amy and Sophie’s chemistry sizzles across the pages.” —Rosie Danan

"If you're desperate for more steamy adult sapphic romances, you have to read this one." —Goodreads

"The romance between these two women lives up to that gorgeous clnch on the cover." —Goodreads

"A delightful, sexy, queer love story with good food, big feelings, and lots of heart." —Goodreads

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“Amy and Sophie’s romance is charged from the get-go, with generous helpings of spice and sweetness as the novel progresses. The bisexual representation is one of the book's most compelling elements; Sophie comes out in her early thirties, and through her journey to her relationship with Amy we get to see the overwhelming joy and love that her self-acceptance brings.” –USA TODAY




'In her debut, Ruby Barrett wrote one of my favorite romance heroes of all time, but it's her heroines who shine in The Romance Recipe. A prickly restaurant owner butts heads with her new chef in this steamy f/f romance, which will be the perfect way to celebrate Pride when it publishes this June." —Meryl Wilsner, for Entertainment Weekly


“Simply delicious! Amy and Sophie’s chemistry sizzles across the pages.” —Rosie Danan, author of The Roommate and The Intimacy Experiment



“Sensual feasts abound, both in luscious culinary creations and detailed sex scenes, as Barrett masterfully portrays the sensation of infatuation growing into true love.” —BookPage


"A down-to-earth queer romance" —Publishers Weekly

"Like Rosie Danan or Kate Clayborn, Barrett has a way of making palpable the full journey of a relationship: It’s not just two hot bodies being hot in proximity to each other — though the sex scenes are definitely spicy! — but two distinct lives growing toward a shared future.”—New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Ruby writes steamy romances about big feelings. Mutual pleasure, pining, and healing are common themes in her books. She loves to read romance, lift weights, drink tea, and cackle with her friends. Ruby is a bi woman with ADHD living in Ottawa, Canada with her daughter, and her husband.You can find her at www.RubyBarrett.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Carina Adores; Original edition (July 12, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1335506918
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1335506917
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.28 x 0.76 x 7.98 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 389 ratings

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Ruby Barrett's romances center women who demand to be loved as they are and the good-natured, vulnerable men who earn their hearts.

When she's not writing about love in its many forms, she's reading. And when she's not doing either of those things you can find her chasing her tiny queen (read: daughter), doing (digital) marketing, drinking tea (never coffee), wearing pants (that aren't jeans), (re) watching The Office, or exploring museums (in other cities).

She lives in Ottawa, Canada with her aforementioned tiny queen, and her husband (who she kisses a lot).

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I have to confess that I started this book more than once and put it down. The rest of the book didn’t go down easily for me either. I think Amy really needs to grow on her own and become a better person. She is just not adult enough to be in a relationship. She is everything that gives lesbians a bad name.Sophie needs to continue on her path of growth and find someone who respects her.So yeah…this book was not The Romance Recipe I thought it was going to be.I received a free copy of this book and I am writing a review without prejudice and voluntarily.
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Zoe
5.0 out of 5 stars Underrated sapphic romance!
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2023
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One of my favorite sapphic romance books! Highly underrated, but it’s one that I keep coming back to again and again.
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Michelle H
4.0 out of 5 stars Steamy romance set in the restaurant world!
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2022
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This is a standout romance with deep emotion and plenty of steam!

I liked a lot of things about this book: how they dove right into sex and didn't drag it out in a contrived way until 70% or so. The author kept the conflict up without having to withhold the sexy times, and I appreciated the freshness of that. The restaurant life details were impeccable. I liked the subtle way Amy mirrored her dad without realizing it until the end. The side characters in this, especially Wes and Jeremy, were amazing. I also appreciate seeing a heroine who lifts weights! Literally, it's not just men who can work out with weights, world. I did wish there was a little less focus on career conflict and more time with the couple themselves--by the end, I REALLY bought their chemistry, like they were clearly super hot for each other. But I didn't feel fully convinced they actually...got along all that well? Like I wanted more page time of them being together and finding their way to being a functional couple, and I think instead that page count went to the career conflict. I was also expecting to see the reality cooking show in the book itself, but that actually doesn't happen on page.

I thought the book did a fantastic job of the rep of a person late in life coming out as bi. Like, that would be so complicated and it's hard not to feel like you're not gay enough or too gay or like there are all these standards that you don't feel like are...you? That was messy and super relatable and I'm glad someone wrote about it in a romance. I also loved the relationship-metaphor poutine at the end. Surprisingly, my favorite scene of the entire book was when Sophie meets up with her ex-fiance? He just wasn't at all the cliched ex you see in so many romance novels and the emotions in that scene were so genuine and complex that it really made me perk up and go, "Oh! This book is a cut above the rest."

Enjoyed the read, great steamy scenes!
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Karli
5.0 out of 5 stars Not as spicy as I normally like but great story overall
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2022
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I love the relationship between the 2 main characters and how there past plays into there relationship. I do wish the spicy scenes where most often but that’s just my opinion great for first time readers of spicy books though
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Allison
3.0 out of 5 stars I had REALLY high hopes for this book! It really should score a 3.5 so I am rounding up.
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2023
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Sophie and Amy are both very well written characters. I thought Sophie would be my girl, but Amy stole my heart!

The characters fit together, but I didn't like how much will they/won't they drama there was, especially since all of it could have been resolved with an honest conversation.

The plot was not very strong and not very enticing. This book grabbed me with the sample but really lost it's allure about 25% into the book. At 35% and 60% I really had to push through, hoping to get to 'the good part'. I love cooking so the cooking aspect of the plot was really the only thing that kept me going.

The spicy scenes were very mild but did a good job with build up.

Overall, I would not buy again for $10 on Kindle and I would not read again, but its good for a once through.
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melissa
4.0 out of 5 stars exaired
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2022
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Es un libro que está bonita que habla del amor entre el mismo género me gusto mucho y pas porque se me hizo muy romantico
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Jennifer Bell
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for making someone hungry
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2022
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This was the perfect blend of cute moments that made me giggle and enough spice that my face went dead serious. It also happened to make me crave a bunch of food I currently don’t have in my fridge at 5am.
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Jenna
4.0 out of 5 stars A.Sappy, Sapphic Romance to Savor
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024
A light and fun read, with just enough emotional turmoil, lovable characters, and some hot and steamy scenes one would expect from a kitchen romance rag. A little cliche but still very enjoyable.
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Jess | The Naptime Writer
5.0 out of 5 stars A stunning romance!
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2022
[Thanks to Harlequin for the complimentary galley & the publisher and Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.]

Ruby Barrett’s The Romance Recipe (out 06/28!) really wowed me.

It was a 5 ⭐️ read for me from beginning to end & I couldn’t wait to get this galley to add to my shelves (look at how cute & sensual the cover is!).

If mutual pining, foodie romance, grumpy + the sunshine (but also the sunshine runs her kitchen thankyouverymuch) sounds good, definitely check this one out!

Amy Chambers hired Sophie Brunet as head chef of her restaurant bc she was talented & semi-famous after being on a realty tv show—she’s also had feelings for her since seeing her on screen.

Unbeknownst to Amy, Sophie—who recently realized that she’s bisexual & even more recently broke up with her fiancé—has feelings for her too.

This is one of those books where everything just works together really well. From their mutual pining & appreciation to the moments when each reveals something hurtful, to the times when they cook together—& even including when they fight over the future of the business they both work at…everything made me feel like they were getting closer. Like it was a real emotional relationship each person is invested in.

& then when you add to that the outrageously satisfying steam it’s charismatic & fill-in-your-yummy-food-adjective-of-choice. One hook-up takes place in a car 🤩.

I’m so curious to see what Ruby Barrett writes next because this was a fantastic read.

Release date: 06/28

CWs: Grief regarding loss of parent. Reference to sexual harassment in the workplace. Toxic dad. Sophie’s former fiancé’s reaction to her realization that she’s bi is to say something about not letting the public know.
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Justine
1.0 out of 5 stars Not great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 15, 2022
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DNF @ 60%

I tried so hard and got so far, but in the end, it doesn't even matterrrrrrrrrrr....

I feel like I've been done dirty. I wanted to read this so much that I pre-ordered it. Where is the plot from the blurb? The pacing was agonisingly slow and by 60% almost nothing had happened. Neither Amy or Sophie were particularly likeable. Quite frankly, Amy was a biotch. Sophie a doormat. I didn't feel any of the sexy tension, just workplace tension and then suddenly a description of nipples. Do these two characters even like each other? I honestly don't see it.
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dana gill
3.0 out of 5 stars trust your heart and your partner
Reviewed in Canada on August 26, 2022
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Two partners of a struggling café learn to trust their hearts and each other while preparing for a tv show .
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