SYNOPSIS
Abbey
Ross, who runs her own bakery in Oakland, California, is known for her visually
stunning wedding cakes, but lately, Abbey’s own love life has become rather
stale. According to her best friend, Bendrix, Abbey’s not the spontaneous young
woman she was when they were teenagers listening to the Cure and creating
attention-grabbing graffiti. Of course, her very public and humiliating failed
relationship with a womanizing art forger might have something to do with that.
Nevertheless, it’s time for Abbey to step out of the kitchen—and her comfort
zone—and Bendrix has even handpicked a man for her to date.
Samuel
Howard is everything Abbey’s dreamed of: handsome, successful, and—most
important of all—looking to raise a family. But a creamy icing might be needed
to hide a problem or two. When Samuel complains about disrespect for the
institution of marriage, Abbey’s reminded of her nontraditional family, with
thirteen children from various mothers. And when Samuel rails about kids having
kids, Abbey can’t help but think of her twenty-year-old sister who’s recently
revealed her pregnancy.
Soon
Abbey is facing one disaster after another and struggling to make sense of it
all. Her search for love has led her down a bitter path, but with the help of
her unique family and unwavering friends, she just might find the ooh la la
that makes life sweet.
A story about how amazing a
"nontraditional" family can be, along with jazz and the
ever-embarrassing quest to find true and perfect love in our thirties; A PINCH
OF OOH LA LA will have readers salivating over peach and goat cheese tarts
while tapping their feet to the thoughts of jazz classics.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
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| Renee Swindle - Author |
Renee
Swindle is a California native. She grew up in
Vallejo and Lynwood and then went on to earn her BA in English from University
of California, Irvine and her MFA in Creative Writing from San Diego State
University.
Renee is the author of several novels
including Please Please Please which was an Essence Magazine/Blackboard
Bestseller; and also Shake Down The Stars.
Renee has been featured in Essence Magazine and has also been
interviewed on KPFA, Blog Talk Radio and various local radio shows and local
cable shows. Her writing group, The Finish Party, was featured in O Magazine. Renee’s work has also been
published in Germany and Japan. of English. For the last fourteen years she has
lived in Oakland with her rescue dogs and loves it.
Find Renee on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/reneeswindlebooks
Follow her on Twitter @renee_swindle
Check out the latest and greatest on her
website http://www.reneeswindlebooks.com/
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