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Bon Appetit

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Pastries, Paris and romance--Lexi's adventure has just begun!

Lexi Stuart is risking it all. Saying au revoir to the security of home, her job, and could-be boyfriend Dan, Lexi embarks on a culinary adventure in France to fulfill her life dream of becoming a pastry chef.

As she settles into her new home in the village of Presque le Chateau to study and work in a local bakery, her twenty-something optimism meets resistance in the seemingly crusty nature of the people and culture around her. Determined to gain her footing, she finds a church, meets a new friend, and makes the acquaintance of a child named Celine--as well as Celine's attractive, widowed father, Philippe. Even Patricia, the gruff pastry cook, shows a softer side as she mentors Lexi in the art of baking.

As Lexi lives her dream, the only thing she has to do is choose from the array in life's patisserie display window: her familiar home, friends, and family in Seattle or her new life in France. Lexi discovers that as she leans more on God the choices become a little clearer-- and making them, well, c'est la vie!

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    • Booklist

      August 1, 2008
      In this second novel of a series, Byrd reintroduces Lexi Stuart, who leaves familiar Seattle to work in a bakery in the suburban Parisian village of Rambouillet. Because the French have mastered the art of pastry making beyond other nations achievements, a successful apprenticeship there offers aspiring bakers unparalleled opportunity to learn their craft.Stuart not only learns the art of making tarts, croissants, cookies, and other sweet delights butalso has quick rail access to the French capital. Rambouillet also lies near Versailles, important to the young woman for its Anglican church, where she can pursue her Christian calling among other English-speaking Evangelicals. Her tentative romance with a beau from Seattle and a visit from her fathercause her to confront her emotions. But most of Stuarts days are consumed in the hard but rewarding work of the bakery. Some recipes appear.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)

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