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Teaser Tuesday Exclusive Excerpt: The Secrets of Love and Friendship by Shirley Jump by Shirley Jump

Hi friends! I’m back to blogging … somewhat, and bringing back an ALBTALBS original – yup. I’m an O.G. All the others you see out there are young g’s. 😉 … Which while I’m joking, I’m also serious. As you see today, we’ve got Shirley Jump providing our lovely excerpt today, and it’s also release day!!! We love that! And isn’t that cover beautiful?! I love the title too: The Perfect Recipe for Love and Friendship

Bridget O’Bannon is ready for a do-over. After years of pretending she had a happy marriage and denying that she missed the friends and family she’d left behind, she’s headed home to restart her life.

But working alongside her family every day at their bakery isn’t as easy as whipping up her favorite chocolate peanut butter cake. Her mother won’t give her a moment’s peace, and her sister Abby is keeping secrets of her own. And there doesn’t seem to be enough frosting in the world to smooth over the cracks forming between them.

Bridget can see the recipe for a happy life- including the possibility of a new romance- written out before her, but first she and her family will need to lay bare their secrets and rediscover the most elusive ingredients of all: forgiveness, laughter, and love.

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