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The Swiss Mishap
by Amey Zeigler
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GENRE: Romantic Comedy
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BLURB:
For
the last twelve years, more than half her life, Lainey Peterson has prepared to
design, create, and produce quality chocolate bars. But when she discovers her
chocolate internship at Switzerland's prestigious Alpine Foods has been
canceled, she vows to do whatever it takes to get to Chocolate.
Yves
Claremont, a young, ambitious department chair, would sacrifice everything to
rise to vice president at Alpine Foods and redeem his father's name. Impressed
with Lainey's resume and charming determination, Yves offers her an internship
in his Pet Care department, promising a recommendation for Chocolate if she does
well.
Lainey
is drawn to the enigmatic and passionate Yves Claremont. He cannot deny his
growing attraction to her. But inter-office relationships are strictly
forbidden by Alpine Foods, and a perceptive co-worker, jealous of Yves'
success, will undermine Yves and Lainey any way he can.
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EXCERPT ONE:
“C’est
dommage. Le département de chocolat cannot you take.”
Marie
Claire’s bluntness quickened Lainey’s heartbeat. Heat radiated from her face,
her heartbeat pulsed into her head. Her brow lifted off her skull. Please,
don’t pass out, she silently prayed. She didn’t want to know how hard the
granite floor was. “Why not?”
“Bad
economy, vous voyez,” she said. “Their budget was cut dernière minute. There is
no money. You have to return home.”
“But
I’ve come so far.” She couldn’t return home, not when she was in the lobby. Not
when she could almost smell the chocolate. She closed her eyes, breathing
deeply, hoping to stop the train wreck inside her head. All she envisioned was
the image of her beaming parents waving goodbye as she bustled through
security. What would their expressions be if she returned home tomorrow? “What am
I going to do?” she asked.
Marie
Claire shrugged with a pained expression on her face.
Chocolate!
Lainey needed chocolate!
Her
tongue lolled in her mouth, craving a molten blob of chocolatey goodness to
soothe her spirits and calm her heart, but the delayed flights depleted her
choco-stash. There was nothing left—zilch, nada, rien du tout.
“Is
there somewhere else I can work? Some other department? Some other job?” She
would mop floors, empty trash cans, anything at Alpine Foods. She didn’t say
this aloud. It wasn’t the best bargaining chip to appear too needy. Maybe she
could wander the lobby with a sign around her neck, “Will work for chocolate.”
Her nose tingled. She sneezed. She always sneezed right before she cried.
“Please. I’m willing to do anything.”
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MY BOOK REVIEW:
This book whisked me away on a sweet, romantic, delectable, savory
journey to Switzerland, the Chocolate Capital of the World!!!
This book has a creative
story line, fantastic writing style that flows with meticulous and vivid
scenes, well-developed characters, is evenly paced, and keeps you completely
entertained through the last page.
Lainey’s
life has been pretty much wrapped up in chocolate and she has finally scored an
internship of her dreams in Switzerland at Alpine Foods. When Lainey arrives super excited to start
her shift in the chocolate department at Alpine Foods, she is heartbroken to
discover her internship has been cancelled.
However, the department chair, Yves, offers her an opportunity to still
work for the company, but in the Pet Care department, and if she does well there,
she might be able to then transfer back to the chocolate department. Although, Lainey has a fear of dogs, dating
way back to an attack when she was a kid, working at Alpine Foods, has been her
dream and she is not going to let anything interfere with that.
This book was a delicious, enticing, enjoyable, entertaining, hilarious,
inspiring, and satisfying read!
I
really enjoyed the main characters, Lainey and Yves. They were likable, relatable, and
genuine. I really liked Lainey as she
was smart, determined, passionate, enthusiastic, caring, and stubborn. I loved her love for chocolate. I loved how she associated it with so many
fond memories and how she even used chocolate as a security blanket to help her
get through difficult times. It was
interesting hearing her recall enjoying chocolate when she was a kid while using it to block out her parents rocky marriage, her dad’s struggling business,
and her teenage drama years – it was all about the chocolate and how she wanted
to bring that same level of love, comfort, and armor to others.
I
also enjoyed Yves as he was ambitious, anxious, tenacious, sincere, persistent,
and adamant. I really enjoyed Lainey and
Yves together! There were definitely immediate
sparks between these two and it was beautifully written in a romantic, enduring
manner. Of course, there were still lots
of witty banter and playful scenes between these two that made for some great
LOL moments!!
I think the author did an excellent job on her character
development as these characters were so real and personal on many levels!
A strong character
development journey to root for and enjoy watching it unfold!
The author’s writing is strong and eloquently detailed. She really provided so much detail in her writing
that it was easy to picture – especially of beautiful, picturesque Switzerland. I have never been before, but it is
definitely on my bucket list now!
I also really enjoyed the funny, “Oh, those Americans,” scenes
LOL!!! Lainey certainly got into some of
those silly situations that only happen to Americans when they travel abroad – and
they sure were entertaining!!!
There are some predictable scenes. However, there are still a couple unexpected
twists and turns that you won’t see coming!
This book is technically not part of a book series and can be
read as a standalone.
All in all, I really enjoyed reading this book and would
absolutely recommend it! I think all romantic
comedy readers will like this book too!
So, add it to your TBR List and get to reading - you won't be
disappointed!
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AUTHOR BIO:
Amey loves writing about different places
because she grew up moving all around the United States. In her books, she
explores the whole world. She is also the author of Baker’s Dozen, a Romantic
Suspense Mystery.
She
lives with her husband and three children near Austin, TX. Follow her on
BookBub @ameyzeigler and sign up for her newsletter at www.ameyzeigler.com.
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Amey ~ Good morning! Welcome to FAB! It is so great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! I really enjoyed reading and reviewing your book, thanks for providing the copy! :)
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