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You’ve Got Mail meets How to Eat a Cupcake in this delightful novel about a talented chef and the food critic who brings down her restaurant—whose chance meeting turns into a delectable romance of mistaken identities.

In downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lou works tirelessly to build her beloved yet struggling French restaurant, Luella’s, into a success. She cheerfully balances her demanding business and even more demanding fiancé…until the morning she discovers him in the buff—with an intern.

Witty yet gruff British transplant Al is keeping himself employed and entertained by writing scathing reviews of local restaurants in the Milwaukee newspaper under a pseudonym. When an anonymous tip sends him to Luella’s, little does he know he’s arrived on the worst day of the chef’s life. The review practically writes itself: underdone fish, scorched sauce, distracted service—he unleashes his worst.

The day that Al’s mean-spirited review of Luella’s runs, the two cross paths in a pub: Lou drowning her sorrows, and Al celebrating his latest publication. As they chat, Al playfully challenges Lou to show him the best of Milwaukee and she’s game—but only if they never discuss work, which Al readily agrees to. As they explore the city’s local delicacies and their mutual attraction, Lou’s restaurant faces closure, while Al’s column gains popularity. It’s only a matter of time before the two fall in love…but when the truth comes out, can Lou overlook the past to chase her future?

Set in the lovely, quirky heart of Wisconsin, The Coincidence of Coconut Cake is a charming love story of misunderstandings, mistaken identity, and the power of food to bring two people together.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gallery Books (July 21, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1501100718
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1501100710
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.9 x 8.25 inches
Reviewer: YoMama
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Milwaukee memories for a native Milwaukean
Review: This book was a trip down memory lane for me. Born and raised in Milwaukee, but living elsewhere for the past 40 years, I loved references to this great city. I just ordered it for my sister who still lives in a Milwaukee and I know she’s going to love it. Loved the story too - a sweet romance and the culinary subplot. I will definitely be moving on to other Amy Reinhardt books after this. Thank you, Amy, for this nostalgic gift.

Reviewer: The Reading Chick
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Well, this one made me hungry!
Review: The Coincidence of Coconut Cake was aptly named as our heroine, Lou, is the chef owner of restaurant Luella’s in Milwaukee. She has just baked the titled coconut cake to deliver to her fiancee’s house for his birthday. As she was walking to his house, she run’s into our British hero, Al, on the street. He is struck by her smell of vanilla and coconut, and fondly remembers her as he goes about his every day. Lou doesn’t have quite as good a day because she delivers the cake to her fiancee who is caught with a co-worker in their underwear. Dropping the cake, she rushes back to her restaurant and has the absolute worst day of cooking/service ever. Of course, this is the day that Al, the food critic for the local paper, chooses Luella’s to critique. Needless to say, he was pretty brutal. Drowning in her sorrows at the neighborhood pub that night, tipsy Lou, meets charmed Al, not knowing he was “the” food critic and offers to show him around Milwaukee.This is the set-up for this love story. Through showing Al what the locals love about Milwaukee, she rejuvenates her restaurants vision and also opens Al’s eyes to the charm of this city. The reader is in on who Al truly is, while the two of them are completely ignorant of the fact she is the owner/chef and he the critic that has tanked her restaurant. These two characters were completely likable, the setting original, and the food explored really yummy making this a really light, enjoyable weekend read. A perfect vacation book!The food references in this book just about killed my resolve. Sweets and cheese being two of my absolute favorites. The city of Milwaukee also needs to put this book in all of the hotels as a guide for what to do and where to eat. Assuming they are all real events and places, I may have to plan a trip to Milwaukee myself. The city was as charming a character as Al and Lou.

Reviewer: Bella Reads and Reviews
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Needs more substance and less coincidence
Review: I chose to purchase this novel because it's set in Milwaukee, a city not often featured in fiction. Since I was born and raised in Milwaukee, I wanted to know how the city was portrayed. I'm also a retired food writer, and this is a book involving a chef and her restaurant. Not to mention the appealing cover and interesting title.I enjoyed the food, the recipes, and the wonderful descriptions that took me "home" to the city of my childhood, the place I still love to visit because it truly can be as much fun as this book suggests. I could taste the calamari at Festa Italiana and hear the squeak of a good cheese curd.But I can't say the same about the love story that this book tells. For one thing, I never learned to care about Lou, the female protagonist who makes a mean coconut cake and owns a struggling French restaurant. She is a perpetual victim with no backbone who panders to her scumbag fiance, Devlin. I did finally warm to Al, the British guy who hates Milwaukee but stays to write mean-spirited restaurant reviews for a local paper, including a scathing review of Lou's place. However, I never did figure out what's keeping this bitter Eton graduate in Brew City before he meets Lou.The love story itself was predictable and sometimes tedious, with a bit of unbelievable thrown in. Maybe some people swoon at first sight, but Al was enough of a cynic, I found it hard to accept that he could be that obsessed with Lou from moment one. Considering their mutual -- albeit unspoken -- attraction, the passage of sometimes multiple weeks between their "non-dates" was also difficult to comprehend, as was their mutual ability to never mention what they did for a living. In short, it wasn't really a question of reading to find out what would happen between them, but rather how long it would take.The writing is okay, and the book isn't terrible. On the contrary, a lot of folks seem to love it. I just wanted a little more substance and a little less coincidence, I guess.

Reviewer: michele zito
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Needed something light to read , I am normally murder mystery, and that can get a little depressing so this book was fun ,. Just what I wanted in these rather bleak times.

Reviewer: Aurora
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Un buen libro para pasar el tiempo

Reviewer: Vandy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: A book that made my mouth water and made me feel happy. A light read Received in good condition

Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Arrived in great condition.

Reviewer: Client d'Amazon
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Livre sympa à lire. Mais le schéma de l'histoire d'amour est trop classique. La recette du coconut cake dedans est très bonne par contre.