candor and sensitivity in both story lines set this family-centric romance apart. Dev balances the toe-curling romance with high-octane family drama. 'Dev continues the story of the Raje family with this nuanced and powerful second chance romance, a loose riff on Jane Austen's Persuasion. 'Clever allusions to Persuasion aside (even Jane Austen fans will be challenged to spot them all), this is a sumptuously multilayered story about the ways love gets tangled in family life and romantic relationships.' - Library Journal (starred review) At the same time, the reality TV storyline added a thread of pure fun escapism-something all of us need right now.' - Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author In Dev's world, the past is alive in the present I was wholly engrossed and had plenty to think about. 'A delight from start to finish, both for Jane Austen fans looking for a fresh take and readers seeking deeply felt relationships and complicated family dynamics. Will letting go again be another recipe for heartbreak-or a recipe for persuasion.? In Recipe for Persuasion, Sonali Dev once again takes readers on an unforgettable adventure in this fresh, fun, and enchanting romantic comedy. Every minute they spend together rekindles feelings that pull them toward their disastrous past. The competition on the show is fierce.and so is the simmering desire between Ashna and Rico. But when their catastrophic first meeting goes viral, social media becomes obsessed with their chemistry. The only silver lining to this bizarre situation is that he can finally prove to Ashna that he's definitely over her. Losing Ashna years ago almost destroyed him. FIFA winning soccer star Rico Silva isn't too happy to be paired up with Ashna either. Being paired with a celebrity who was her first love, the man who ghosted her at the worst possible time in her life, only proves what Ashna has always believed: leaps of faith are a recipe for disaster. She's a chef, what's the worst that could happen? Rico Silva, that's what. How else can she save her beloved restaurant and prove to her estranged, overachieving mother that she isn't a complete screw up? When she's asked to join the cast of Cooking with the Stars, the latest hit reality show teaming chefs with celebrities, it seems like just the leap of faith she needs to put her restaurant back on the map. Chef Ashna Raje desperately needs a new strategy. Produktbeschreibung From the author of Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors comes another, clever, deeply layered, and heartwarming romantic comedy that follows in the Jane Austen tradition-this time, with a twist on Persuasion.

Recipe for persuasion