A Time to Bake by Diana Lesire Brandmeyer

She’s an impulsive risk taker. He’s got trust issues and a secret past. Can they be the perfect combination or a recipe for disaster? 

Alison Dahl works as a pharmaceutical rep for a struggling company. Not wanting to see if she’s next to be laid off, her entrepreneurial spirit kicks in. With a leap of faith, she quits her job and heads to the lake town she loves to open a cupcake shop. 

Chad Hastings, a widowed dad known for his loyalty and dependability, has his hands full with a son and a few overzealous matchmaking friends. 

When Chad is hired as the general contractor for the cupcake shop remodel, his friends see him and Alison as the perfect recipe for a sweet ending. 

Chad’s secret could melt away any hope of a sweet ending. 

Can she look beyond his past mistakes?

Can he look past her impulsive risk-taking?

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CBA and ECPA Best-Selling Christian author, Diana Lesire Brandmeyer, writes historical and contemporary romances. Once widowed and now remarried she writes with humor and experience on the difficulty of joining two families be it fictional or real life.

Sometimes we don't know how strong we can be until we are forced to react to something harmful to us or our families. Brandmeyer writes fiction about women choosing to challenge their fears even though they want to run from them. By the end of their journey, they have become the strong women God intends. Perhaps you'll see a bit of yourself between the covers.

My Review

I loved this book. Was such a delight to read. All about faith, love and forgiveness.  Loved the characters. Love how Diana writes her books bring out we can live a wonderful life by our faith and forgiveness. In  A Time to Bake you will see life of a young couple who has things in the past the regret but with forgiveness they  can  make it.  They needed faith in themselves things will work out. Alison is tired of her life with a company that is having financial troubles and laying off people she was determined she wouldn't be next . She takes matters in her own hands. With her faith she leaves and starts her own cupcake business. A man from her pass is bought back into her life, after saving hers. He has issues of his own. Including raising a son on his own. Will these two be able to work out things in order to reunite?  Wonderful novella full of sweetness.