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Thirty-six-year-old Emma Rae Travis has been baking specialty cakes and melt-in-your-mouth pastries at The Backstreet Bakery in historic Roswell, just outside of Atlanta, for the last six years. But here s the rub about her job as a baker ... Emma is diabetic. When she tastes her creations, it... read more
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They say you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
But who would want a cake they couldn’t eat?
Just ask Emma Rae Travis about that. A baker of confections who is diabetic and can’t enjoy them. When Emma meets Jackson Drake, the escapee from Corporate America who is starting a... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Emma Rae Travis: specialty baker/diabetic, Emma is hired as the Tanglewood's baker.
- Jackson Drake: hotel owner and widower, Jackson is a handsome southern gentleman who opens the Tanglewood Inn to fulfill his late wife's lifetime dream.
- Fiona Bianchi: also known as Fee, Fiona is Emma's best friend and assistant in the bakery.
- Georgiann Markinson: Georgia is one of Jackson's big sisters.
- Norma Jean Drake Blanchette: Jackson's sister, the closest to his age.
- Susannah Littlefield: Jackson's assistant is the best thing that ever happened to his professional life. She followed him from corporate to the Tanglewood.
- Madeline Winston: Jackson's sister
- Anton Morelli: One of Atlanta's finest chefs who is working at Tanglewood. He can be temperamental...
- Pearl: Anton's Sous Chef
- Desiree: Jackson's late wife who was once an assistant manager at the Tanglewood.
- Aunt Sophie: Emma's aunt who is suffering from dementia. Avery's older sister
- Avery Travis: Emma's mother, a well-known socialite
- Gavin Travis: Emma's father. He lives in the DC area and worked in construction.
Setting & Locations edit
Roswell, Georgia
- The Tanglewood Inn: This is where the majority of the story takes place - a renovated boutique hotel
First Sentence edit
She just went over like a lopsided sack o' corn.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Chapters 1 thru 27
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 4 in Emma Rae Creations. (standard series)
Followed by Always the Wedding Planner, Never the Bride.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sandra D. Bricker (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Anderson Design Group (Cover Artist) - cover design
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: Sept-2010
ISBN: 978-1426707629
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: Sept-2010
ISBN: 978-1426707629
Page Count: 288
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3602.R53 A49 2010
- Dewey: 813/.54
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