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Summer at the Comfort Food Café

The Comfort Food Cafe, Book 1

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Summer at the Comfort Food Café

By: Debbie Johnson
Narrated by: Dawn Murphy
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‘Full of quirky characters, friendship and humour, you will devour this engaging and heartwarming novel in one sitting’ Sunday Express S Magazine

Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you raid the pantry in the middle of the night…

The Comfort Food Cafe is perched on a windswept clifftop at what feels like the edge of the world, serving up the most delicious cream teas; beautifully baked breads, and carefully crafted cupcakes. For tourists and locals alike, the ramshackle cafe overlooking the beach is a beacon of laughter, companionship, and security – a place like no other; a place that offers friendship as a daily special, and where a hearty welcome is always on the menu.

For widowed mum-of-two Laura Walker, the decision to uproot her teenaged children and make the trek from Manchester to Dorset for the summer isn’t one she takes lightly, and it’s certainly not winning her any awards from her kids, Nate and Lizzie. Even her own parents think she’s gone mad.

Her new job at the cafe, and the hilarious people she meets there, give Laura the chance she needs to make new friends; to learn to be herself again, and – just possibly – to learn to love again as well.

For her, the Comfort Food Cafe doesn’t just serve food – it serves a second chance to live her life to the full…

What readers are saying about Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe:

‘My new favourite author’ – Holly Martin, bestselling author of Summer at Rose Island

'A lovely, emotion-filled, giggle-inducing story' – Sunday Times bestselling author Milly Johnson

A book of hope and solidarity, friendship and humour and the belief that everything might just turn out okay after all’ – Sophie, Reviewed the Book

‘If this book had arms it would grab you and pull you in to the most amazing book ever… just magical’ – Lisa Talks About

‘An engaging, entertaining and loveable book’ – Rae’s Reads

‘I wish I could actually go there… an original story and it has such a romantic ending’ – With Love for Books

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Loved it… want to read the rest.
The story was so believable and heartwarming.
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Loved it

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Loved this book. Not too mushy but still a lovely romance. You can almost smell the sea air wafting over the cliff and into the cafe, mixing with the smell of chocolate cakes, scones and cheesecakes

easy listening, heart warming story

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Oh my goodness this book is glorious, I got totally engrossed in listening to it and it is beautifully written and very well narrated. I ended up in tears and can’t wait to listen to the rest of the series.

Absolutely glorious

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It’s so expressive and honest. The characters become your family too. I particularly loved the narrators accent. A joy to listen to

Gorgeous read

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Firstly this isn’t my usual read, however I found it sucks you in to caring about the people. The narrator is really good.

Easy to get lost in

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