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The Great Christmas Cook Off: A BRAND NEW uplifting festive romance (Spotlight Book 5) Kindle Edition

by Helen Buckley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
"With steaming rivalry, simmering passion and secrets set to bubble over, this festive cook off has all the ingredients a fab Christmas book needs." Author, Jan Brigden.

It’s the festive showdown to end all festive showdowns …

“Queen of Chocolate” Beatrice Wodehouse, known for her decadent desserts, is ready to go head to head with her social media nemesis, clean lean baking machine Charlie Simmonds, in the Great Christmas Cook Off TV show.
Beatrice is fed up of Charlie’s sanctimonious attitude and is ready to show him that food is there to be enjoyed. Surely she’ll blow his keto, low sugar, low-carb mince pies out of the water with her chocolatey creations?
Except filming for the Cook Off turns out to be anything but sugar, spice and all things nice when the contestants realise there’s a festive saboteur in their midst – leading to melted ice cream, trifle mishaps and private stories leaked to the press.
As the countdown to the final commences, suspicions run high and sparks are bound to fly – and not just from the flaming Christmas puddings!
Part of the Spotlight series but it can be read as a standalone story.

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    Spotlight
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    285 pages
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  5. Publication date
    November 15, 2022
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BFJSNQ8Y
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Choc Lit
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 15, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 934 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 285 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1781890295
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  • Book 5 of 5 ‏ : ‎ Spotlight
  • Customer Reviews:
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Helen Buckley

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Ever since I was little I wanted to be a writer, to turn daydreams into books. I'm fascinated by fame, in love with Happy Ever Afters, and enthralled by slow-burn romances.

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  • Angela S. Britnell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for fans of the Great British Bake Off, cake and romance!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2022
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    I absolutely loved this book! As a huge fan of the Great British Bake Off this book was a winner before I read the first page - but here's a warning – make sure you have plenty of cake on hand because the wonderful descriptions of all the bakes in the competition will make you drool! But it was about far more than cake – the face off between Beatrice, known for her wicked chocolate desserts and Charlie, famous for his healthy take on traditional desserts – was bound to cause fireworks. She finds him uptight and preachy while he doesn’t understand her ‘a little of what you fancy does you good’ attitude towards food. If you’re looking for a Christmas story full of delicious cake, scheming contestants, laughter, honesty, romance and tears this one is a treat.
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  • Lisa M. Mandina
    4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Christmas Romance with a reality tv cooking show setting!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2022
    As I’ve mentioned in other reviews, while I do not like watching cooking shows, there is something about a book that takes place in a cooking show, especially a reality competition like this one that I can’t resist! This book was a lot of fun in so many ways. I loved all the different types of food that were part of this story. So many that I would love to try!

    It was easy to see how Beatrice and Charlie would have such a contentious relationship because of the opposite types of foods they cooked. Although once you got down to the reasons for why they cooked what they did, and their own histories, we could see that really the two were more alike in their reasons for what they did than they could ever imagine. It wasn’t necessarily two opposites attracted to each other, but the enemy to lover trope could fit for sure.

    There was a lot of good background for both of the main characters. It made all the things they did and felt make sense. Although I still feel that Beatrice accusing Charlie at that last accident was a little out of it after all the times she’d been talking with the other past contestants about talk of a saboteur. And between the two of them accusing each other back and forth, at a certain point if they’d believed the other, I feel like they should have not gone down that doubting path so quickly and easily. But I guess, the whole saying, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, could come into play here.

    This was a sweet romance. There was no actual action more than a kiss or so. A few somewhat lusty thoughts, but nothing major. So if you enjoy a sweet holiday romance with lots of delicious sounding foods, you should give The Great Christmas Cook Off by Helen Buckley a try.
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  • Tanya E
    4.0 out of 5 stars Makes me want to watch the Holiday Baking shows!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2022
    It was cute!!

    I love baking contest shows and so I pretty much knew I would love this book just from the title.

    The enemies to lover trope was a great mix in a competition setting. Pre-competition already baked in (pardon the pun)!

    I loved the back stories for the two main characters and how they were slowly revealed.

    I didn't enjoy some of the 'fat' talk but since it was characters that had dealt with that all their lives, I understood it.

    The surprise saboteur was a pretty fun storyline. It made me wonder if anything like that happens on the real TV shows.

    Not a ton of talk spent on deep baking processes or actions so the baking is truly just a side character in the book.

    I thoroughly enjoyed this one!
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  • cherylhood
    3.0 out of 5 stars A simple predictable read
    Reviewed in Canada on January 29, 2023
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    A fun simple easy read
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  • JennieBean
    5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific stand-alone novel to spotlight series!!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 23, 2022
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    Helen Buckley always delivers a treat and this is no exception! A lovely festive read that hooks you into finishing it, perfect for dark, wintery evenings.
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  • BananaTricky
    4.0 out of 5 stars Cute baking-themed Christmas romance
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2022
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    Three and a half stars.

    For Christmas the TV producers have decided to put on a week-long celebrity chef cook off. Each day the chefs will be asked to make one traditional Christmas dessert (eg mince pies, Christmas cake etc) and the one with the lowest score gets voted off. Among the celebrity bakers are Beatrice Wodehouse, the upper-class woman dubbed the Queen of Chocolate (think Nigella Lawson) and the council-flat clean-eating fanatic Charlie Simmonds. Charlie and Bea had a falling out on national TV and have been sniping at each other on social media ever since. She thinks he's a killjoy and he thinks she is promoting an unhealthy lifestyle that can lead to obesity and other health issues. This competition is the chance for each of them to prove their baking is superior.

    As the competition progresses there are a series of unfortunate accidents which precipitate each baker leaving, could there be a saboteur amongst them desperate to win at any cost? Of course Bea and Charlie each believe the other is to blame.

    I enjoyed this, much more than the previous book Keeping Up with the Kershaws, which I have yet to finish. However, I did think the food descriptions did go on too long, Charlie's recipes seemed to have had all the joy sucked out of them and Bea's were just one-dimensional, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. Moreover, the identity of the saboteur was pretty easy to guess given all the clues and I thought the reason was a bit weak. (view spoiler) Also, there was a bit of accusation, the apology on both sides one too many times. If you have wrongly accused once, and also been wrongly accused yourself, would you do it again? I think this book also suffers because this is not the first, or even the second, romance I have read which is an homage to The Great British Bake-Off.
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