Author: Sue Watson
Narrator: Hilary MacLean
Publisher: Bookouture
Publication Date: June 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Buy the Book: Amazon | BN
Description: Love, Lies and Lemon Cake is a hilarious, bittersweet comedy about taking your life back before it’s too late.
Faye Dobson has lost her sparkle . Living on film star fantasies and vague memories of a marriage that once was, she can’t help feeling that life is passing her by. She dreams of being whisked to Paris for dinner, making three wishes at the Trevi fountain and having sex under the stars. But the wrinkles are multiplying, her husband’s passion is for plumbing, and the nearest she’ll get to Rome is a take-away pizza.
So when Faye meets Dan the gorgeous Australian surfer guy working in the local deli she can’t help but wonder what it would be like to see the world. He is blonde, tanned, ten years younger and bakes the most amazing lemon cake. Unlike her husband Dan actually listens to Faye, his smile makes her feel fizzy inside, and when he smiles... Oh. My. God.
But is Faye being silly? What would Dan see in someone like her? Even if he did have feelings for her, could she give up everything to be with him?
My Thoughts: Sue Watson is an amazing author. When I pick up one of her books, I know that I will either get my funny bone tickled with a side dish of warm fuzzies or I will get the rug pulled out from under me with twisty suspense. Love, Lies and Lemon Cake dishes up lots of laughs and warm fuzzies and I’m now craving lemon cake and want to go to Santorini to see the sunset. I paired the reading of this book with the audiobook narrated by Hilary MacLean. Her performance added to the character’s personalities, which made the story more enjoyable.
This story introduces us to Faye Dobson, a woman in her early forties who has realized that her life is somehow passing her by. Married for over twenty years to a man who shows no interest in her and a daughter attending university and beginning her own life, Faye comforts herself with Ryan Gosling fantasies and her job as a hair stylist at a local salon. She has unrealized dreams but thinks it’s too late for her.
Dan is an Australian working in his aunt’s deli and talking to him makes Faye feel young and vibrant again. Initially, I thought this story would be about Faye leaving her marriage for Dan, so let me assure you that it’s not. Faye’s marriage has been dead and over for a while but Faye has never had the motivation to do anything for herself so when she leaves the marriage, she is doing it for herself and her living list. I really enjoyed how Faye and Dan begin as friends talking about their love of food and Faye’s dreams of travel. Dan is very supportive and encourages Faye to stop holding herself back and grab life with both hands. In Faye, Dan finds a supportive friend who can empathize with him over the death of his mother and his brother’s illness.
I loved this story. I laughed out loud so many times and I will never think of bikini waxing the same way again. This story also made me a little misty eyed and sentimental. I’m planning on reading the follow-up to Faye’s story in Love, Lies and Wedding Cake. This story moves at a wonderful pace and is a wonderful reminder that our lives are meant to be lived and sometimes the unknown can be a little scary, but once you put yourself out there, you may discover that what’s missing is often within reach.
My Final Verdict: I highly recommend this book to fans of contemporary romance and romantic comedies.
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