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All Stirred Up: A Novel Kindle Edition

by Brianne Moore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 78 ratings
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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
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 283 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Today I want to share All Stirred Up! I loved this book! It was just what I needed! It takes place in Scotland, a second chance love story, chefs making amazing food, it was funny and wholesome and heartfelt, oh and did you see it takes place in Scotland (just picture those accents!)Susan comes home to help save her families legacy in the form of the restaurant, Elliot’s. When she arrives the last person she expected to see was her ex-love, Chris. He has returned to town to open a restaurant, after he has found fame and notoriety in NYC. Even though that relationship is over, they both have an immediate attraction that for each that goes from a simmer to a full on boil!
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Bruce Snider
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024
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Not just a truly great redo of Jane Austin’s Persuasion, this story stands on its own. The author did a great job bringing all the characters to life in such a fun setting. Next trip is to Edinburgh!!
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C.A. Gray
4.0 out of 5 stars cute and endearing
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024
This was a cute chick lit story that checked all the boxes, and felt just a bit like a Beth Moran story too, in the sense that it was clean and feel-good. It’s also very much like every other story similar to it, but sometimes that’s ok.

A 30-something single girl runs into an ex from years ago, whom she never got over. He never got over her either, but she broke his heart. He thinks she never really cared about him, while she thinks he’ll never forgive her, even though she had her reasons and crises going on at the time. They’re both chefs, and she manages a family restaurant. He comes back into town, and opens his own restaurant. A malicious journalist pits them against each other, creating tension, until they realize what’s going on and manage to fall back into at least friendship. Complications with those around them ensue, and the old story of what happened between them, as it really was, finally comes to light. Then there’s a happily ever after.

I finished it a few weeks ago and I honestly don’t remember a lot more details than that, because as I said, it’s pretty forgettable. But I enjoyed it while I was listening.

My rating: ****

Language: if there was any, it wasn’t much

Violence: none

Sexual content: a little but not much

Political content: if there was any, it wasn’t much
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FromTheSouth
3.0 out of 5 stars 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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5.0 out of 5 stars 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.
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J. Alter
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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