The Blue Bistro
Elin Hilderbrand, author of the enchanting Summer People and The Beach Club, invites you to experience the perfect getaway with her sparkling new novel.Adrienne Dealey has spent the past six years working for hotels in exotic resort towns. This summer she has decided to make Nantucket home. Left...
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Elin Hilderbrand, author of the enchanting Summer People and The Beach Club, invites you to experience the perfect getaway with her sparkling new novel.Adrienne Dealey has spent the past six years working for hotels in exotic resort towns. This summer she has decided to make Nantucket home. Left flat broke by her ex-boyfriend, she is desperate to earn some fast money. When the desirable Thatcher Smith, owner of Nantucket's hottest restaurant, is the only one to offer her a job, she wonders if she can get by with no restaurant experience. Thatcher gives Adrienne a crash course in the business...and they share an instant attraction. But there is a mystery about their situation: what is it about Fiona, the Blue Bistro's chef, that captures Thatcher's attention again and again? And why does such a successful restaurant seem to be in its final season before closing its doors for good? Despite her uncertainty, Adrienne must decide whether to open her heart for the first time, or move on, as she always does.Infused with intimate Nantucket detail and filled with the warmth of passion and the breeze of doubt, The Blue Bistro is perfect summer reading.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312319533 (0312319533)
Publish date: June 1st 2005
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages no: 321
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Foodie
Adrienne Dealey is a seasoned front desk hotel clerk and has worked at many exotic locations. She usually flees her positions due to troublesome relationships. This summer she has 3 rules written on a napkin for herself and she intends to adhere to them.She arrives in Nantucket and gets a tip from s...
The Blue Bistro by Elin HildenbrandFood menu sounds delicious! Last summer for the bistro to be open on Nantucket Island in MA. Adrian Deely was just on the island from Colorado with borrowed money and a lot of debt. She ends up in a room with other college girls and goes to apply for a job at the ...
I really really wish that goodreads would implement half stars - I truly enjoyed this book - I'd probably give it a 3.5 stars - but I didn't want to mark it down to three.at 28, Adrienne Dealey has had pretty bad luck when it comes to relationships in her life. The latest was a doozy! Doug ended up...
For a big part of this book I considered it a 3. But the ending really ruined it for me. Also, the random side bits in to the characters pasts felt very awkward and out of place. As emotionally draining as the end was, there wasn't a pay off that made it worth it to me. I read the descriptions of th...
Another book set on Nantucket that did not disappoint! This was a great story and reading about the 'inside' of a restaurant business was interesting. The book got a little mushy in a few places but all in all a good read. I've never read a book by Elin Hilderbrand that I didn't enjoy!