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  • Published: 4 November 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593816639
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $39.99
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The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake

  • Rachel Linden




A magical cookbook and a summer on her family’s Italian olive farm help a brokenhearted social media chef cook up a satisfying new life in this delectable novel from the bestselling author of Recipe for a Charmed Life.

“Heartfelt, heartwarming, joyful, and uplifting. You can't go wrong with a Rachel Linden book.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber

A magical cookbook and a summer on her family’s Italian olive farm help a brokenhearted social media chef cook up a satisfying new life in this delectable novel from the bestselling author of Recipe for a Charmed Life.

Rising star Jules Costa loves re-creating vintage recipes for her popular online cooking show. But when personal and professional disaster strikes, her only chance to save her career is to complete her new cookbook before the end of the summer. Panicked, Jules returns to her family’s beloved olive farm on the shores of Italy’s stunning Lake Garda. Seeking culinary inspiration, she’s hoping to convince her spunky eighty-year-old Nonna Bruna to share her precious collection of family recipes.
 
Jules’s plans quickly go awry as she discovers that Nonna’s cookbook has magical and unpredictable powers. It reveals only one recipe at a time, offering a cooking experience guaranteed to satisfy the chef’s palate and bring clarity to their life. Yet the pages remain stubbornly blank for Jules. To make matters worse, the olive farm is in deep financial trouble, and Jules soon uncovers a web of family secrets involving the cookbook and a lost recipe for orange blossom cake that holds the key to everything. Then there’s Nicolo, the boy next door, who broke her young heart years ago. He is now all grown up, even more attractive, and the only person poised to help Jules find answers. 
 
In a whirlwind summer beyond her imagination, Jules begins to unravel the mysteries baked into her family’s history and discovers the essential ingredients to create the future of her dreams.

  • Published: 4 November 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593816639
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $39.99
Categories:

Praise for The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake


Praise for Rachel Linden's novels

“Heartfelt, heartwarming, joyful, and uplifting. You can't go wrong with a Rachel Linden book.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber

“Rachel Linden, like the characters she breathes into existence, has a special knack for creating a sense of wonder and a spark of joy. . . . Linden has a permanent place on my list of auto-buy authors!”—New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey

“Linden expertly mixes romance, mystery, and family drama into a delicious recipe of a story.”—New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry