The Baker's Apprentice...Review

About the book:
Having found her calling, Wynter Morrison is blissful about her new career in Seattle as a baker -- cherishing the long days spent making bread and the comforting rhythms of the Queen Street Bakery. Still, she struggles with the legacy of her failed marriage and with her new boyfriend Mac's reluctance to share his mysterious past. When Mac abruptly leaves Seattle, Wyn again feels abandoned and betrayed, at least until intimate letters arrive in which Mac at last reveals his deepest secrets. But the more she learns about her absent lover, the more Wyn discovers about herself -- and when tragedy threatens, she will have to decide if there is a place for Mac in this new life she has made.

A sequel to Bread Alone and continues the story of Wynter Morrison. Wynter has stayed in Seattle and become a part owner of the bakery. The story explores her relationship with Mac and how she comes to mentor/mother Tyler.
The voice is the same and the bread recipes sound delicious. Mac leaves and ends up in the Yukon and begins to deal with his own issues, but communicates to Wyn by letter.

Wynter isn't as self-absorbed in this novel as she was in Bread Alone. I found her much more likeable here, but the novel still isn't anything spectacular. It's a nice story. It's left completely open for a potential third sequel.

Like Bread Alone, the "F" word is sprinkled throughout.

Thanks to my local library for having a copy I could borrow.  You can purchase your own copy here.

Read 5/08

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3/5 Stars

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