# Recipe for Disaster - Paperback

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by **Stacey Ballis** (Author)

**Stacey Ballis cooks up a delicious broth of a novel about a woman whose perfect life falls apart in spectacular fashion--leaving her with a house to restore, an antique cookbook (but no cooking talent), and one very unhappy schnauzer. For fans of Jen Lancaster, Jennifer Weiner, and Emily Giffin.**

To an outside observer, Anneke Stroudt is a mess--her shirts are stained, her fingernails stubby, her language colorful. But, despite her flaws, Anneke's life is close to perfect. She has a beautiful historic house to restore and a loving fianc who cooks like a dream.

Until Anneke's charmed existence falls apart when she loses both her job and her future husband in one terrible day. In need of a new start, she packs up her disgruntled schnauzer and moves into her half-finished home, where she throws her pent-up frustration--and what little savings she has--into finishing the renovation.

But at the first step into the house's overhaul, Anneke is sidetracked when she discovers a mysterious leather-bound book, long hidden away, filled with tempting recipes and steamy secrets from Gemma Ditmore-Smythe, the cook for the house's original owners. Slowly, with the help of some delicious food and Emma's life lessons, Anneke begins to realize that, just like a flawless recipe, she's been waiting for the right ingredients to cook up a perfect life all along...

**"With the perfect blend of humor and heart, Ballis's writing is powerfully honest and genuinely hilarious."--Jen Lancaster**

**INCLUDES RECIPES**

### Author Biography

**Stacey Ballis** is the author of ten foodie novels: _Inappropriate Men_, _Sleeping Over_, _Room for Improvement_, _The Spinster Sisters_, _Good Enough to Eat_, _Off the Menu_, _Out to Lunch_, _Recipe for Disaster_, _Wedding Girl_, and _How to Change a Life_. She is a contributing author to three nonfiction anthologies: _Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys_, _Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume_, and _Living Jewishly_.

**Number of Pages:** 480

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 8 x 5.2 IN

**Publication Date:** March 03, 2015

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