Copy received via Netgalley for an honest review

My sister has shelves of books like The Little Italian Baker in her house, and last time I was visiting I thought it was time to see what she was reading.

The Little Italian Bakery is a sweet story, full of betrayals, secrets, lies.

As the title may have given away, there is baking involved in this story - a lot! And what it did do was make me crave cake the whole time I was reading!

Elletra's story is captivating and heartbreaking all at the same time. I got angry for her. I got angry with her. My heart hurt for her - and all the ladies on the island. I just wanted them all to find their happy.

What I did like about this book is that that these were all strong women, women who stood up to the bullies and the bad guys. I liked that they never gave up, never surrendered (Oh wait, am I quoting Galaxy Quest here?) and in the end they won everyone over.

There are some wonderful recipes throughout the story - though I felt that maybe they would have been better of listed together at the end of the story, as they did sometimes take me out of the flow of the story. However, this could just be me.

It also made me hanker for an Italian holiday - and I may have checked out airfares there whilst i was reading *runs off to check bank balance again*