The Little Paris Patisserie: Missing Emily in Paris? Return to the City of Love with this must-read romance! (Romantic Escapes Book 3)

Thoroughly enjoyable series and a great way to deal with travel withdrawal. Loved the characters and needed the heartwarming tale. Very glad I bought this certifies. THANK YOU Julie Caplin and team!!!!!

I enjoyed this book enough that I read it in one day! I also went and purchased the other two in this series. Looking forward to discovering Copenhagen and to some extent Brooklyn(love that place!). The characters were great. The only thing that keeps this from 5 stars for me---is the H was a dic*. First class! He barely redeemed himself at the end-and the h was great but a little too wimpy for the way he treated her. But having a long time crush can do that. Not insta love which is good. It is a sweet read and light which is what I was looking for at the time.

Great story. Something to relax to and enjoy. Loved all the characters and how they and the establishment came to life.

It was a very sweet feel good read. I loved the characters and how they got together to help each other even though they weren't friends. Lovely writing, made me feel like I was in Paris. Just enough angst to keep you enthralled.

Like a dream, Paris, the cafe, the love affair, the family, the friends. It was just a fun story that kept the reader entertained.

I had read and mildly enjoyed Caplin's first two little romances in this City Bakes series, so I pre-ordered this one. Caplin's stories are part cooking/baking adventure, part travelogue and part romance. In the first story the author took us to Copenhagen, in the second to Brooklyn, and now here we are in Paris. Ah, Paris! The City of Love and Lights! But sadly underused here. This story has the trademark baking that can make your mouth water if you're hungry, but it has only a smattering of sightseeing in Paris, and the romance, if you'll pardon my French, sucked. It's one of those "girl has crushed on brother's best friend for years" and now, all grown up, is thrown into his world when she, newly unemployed, goes to Paris to help him out when he, an up-and-coming chef, breaks his leg badly. She has dreams of making it as a pastry chef some day, having given up on her dreams of becoming a chef because of an overwhelming disgust of and inability to work with raw meats, and sees a chance here to learn a bit from her former crush (okay, let's face it, her even-now crush). But this guy treats her like dirt from the moment she arrives in Paris. Doesn't appreciate a thing she does. Overreacts to everything. It's always about him, him, him. He's a jerk, jerk, jerk. I do not care how much his leg hurts. Not an excuse for being unkind and inconsiderate. Jerk of the Year title goes to him without contest, in spite of all the other jerks I have encountered in other romances lately. The only thing that makes life in Paris bearable for our heroine is the new friends she makes while there. Bonding with new acquaintances is something Caplin throws into all her books and she does a good job with it, if you like that kind of thing. I personally would prefer a bit more romance and a less self-centered hero in this particular entry. And that whole "best friends don't date each other's sisters" taboo, which I've never really understood, is used unconvincingly as an excuse for being a jerk here.

I read the first book in this series and had to keep going after that. It was a new author for me and I enjoyed the setting of Copenhagen, need to go there now! I have really enjoyed the books in this series and have ordered number four, just have to be patient a few days. Will certainly watch for her name in the future.

I loved it because it was romantic beginning with the most beautiful and exciting city of lights alongside a good plot realistic with large family reactions

This was such a lovely book and one I’m so glad I finally read. I’m a huge fan of this series and always pre-order the next book when I know it’s coming out. For some reason this book was left hidden away on my kindle app for ages even though I knew I’d really enjoy it. Funny how that happens isn’t it?! Nina was a wonderful main character. I loved her get up and go, and really admired the way she took herself off to Paris, not really knowing what to expect. Coming from a big family myself I understood her desire to get away from her siblings at times and thought the descriptions of growing up in a large family were spot on. I loved the friends she made, especially Marguerite, Maddie and Marcel the grumpy waiter. I wasn’t so keen on Sebastian though, he was far too full of himself for my liking, not a particularly nice character. In fact I felt rather sorry for Nina at times for the way Sebastian treated her. The descriptions of the patisserie were mouth watering and I even contemplated making some eclairs or profiteroles whilst reading it. I didn’t give in to the temptation though as I was on holiday, but I think I may have made some if I’d been at home. A lovely romance and a wonderful third book in this fab series. If you’re looking for a summer romance I definitely recommend this one. In fact, I recommend the whole Romantic Escapes series!

loved this story and cant wait for the next instalment ! until then I'm going back to read the ones I missed

It certainly is a romantic and sweet story, but resembles a lot another book of the same author. I read “The little teashop in Tokyo” first and in both novels, there is a protagonist who once kissed a man and ten years later meets him again. The difference is that in this case the story is set in Paris, doesn’t relate to photography and the female character’s crush is a family friend, so he has never really disappeared from her life. It was like reading the same story again and that prevented me from feeling curious about the evolving of the love story. Also, I didn’t particularly like Sebastian. At the beginning, he is very cold, arrogant and grumpy and treats Nina very bad; then, he suddenly gets jealous, becomes very nice and acts all sentimental. What would have happened between them if Nina had never gone to France? Probably nothing because he seems a passive type, too self-centred to care for other people’s feelings.

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