The Traveling Tea Shop by Belinda Jones (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Traveling Tea Shop by Belinda Jones Previously published as The travelling tea shop. London: Hodder, 2014 and Hodder & Stoughton Canada, 2013. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The road trip of a lifetime teaches one woman that love isnt always a piece of cake in this charming novel. Laurie Davis has always followed her passion. After escaping family drama to start a new life in New York City, shes up for whatever challenges life brings. So when an opportunity arises for her to use her travel industry expertise and serve as an assistant and tour guide for her idol, Pamela Lambert-Leigh, star of televisions Tea-Time with Pamela, she jumps at the chance. But Lauries exciting adventure ends up entailing a lot more than scouting locations for the cake queens new cookbook when Pamelas sassy mother and sulky, rebellious daughter tag along for the trip. As they cruise around bakeries in New England trading local delights like Red Velvet Cake and Whoopie Pies for British specialties such as Victoria Sponge and Bakewell Tarts, more secrets than recipes are revealed. Now, in between rediscovering romance, learning to forgive family, and finding the best dessert on the East Coast, Laurie, Pamela, and the gang might find theres nothing a nice cup of tea, a sweet treat, and a little bit of friendship cant heal.... Author Biography Following ten years as a magazine journalist and travel editor, Belinda Jones began writing novels inspired by her adventures, including The California Club, I Love Capri and the prequel to The Traveling Tea Shop: Winter Wonderland. She has visited more than twenty-five countries and hopes to write her way around the world by the time shes done! Originally from the U.K., she currently lives on the magical island of Coronado, California with her American dog, Bodie. Review Praise for the novels of Belinda Jones"Original and beautiful...totally enchanting and very moving."—Carmen Reid"Wickedly funny, achingly romantic."—Claudia Carroll "Deliciously entertaining."—HEAT (UK) "Fast-paced, enthusiastic, good-hearted."—Marie Claire (UK) "Definitely worth cramming in your suitcase."—Cosmopolitan (UK) "A glitterball romp."—Glamour (UK) "A sparkling read."—OK! (UK) Review Quote Praise for Belinda Jones previous novels "Original and beautiful...totally enchanting and very moving."--Carmen Reid "Wickedly funny, achingly romantic."--Claudia Carroll "Deliciously entertaining."-- HEAT Excerpt from Book Dearest Reader, What an utterly yummy experience it was writing this book for you--because of you I got to sample an abundance of sweet treats and call it work! My first experience of The Wonder of Cake was eagerly waiting for my mum to let me lick the mixture from the bowl as a kiddywink, so it seemed appropriate that I set out on the research trip with her. The only snag is that she really doesnt have a sweet tooth, so as I would be marveling at all the exquisite fondant-swirled delights on offer, she would be ordering a bowl of carrot soup. (Though I have to say, she did succumb to the Boston Cream Pie!) Of course, theres more to The Traveling Tea Shop than cake! With four leading ladies, there is an abundance of emotions to explore, as well as the idyllic setting of New England. I knew it would be leafy and picturesque but I was amazed how different each state was, though it was the littlest--Rhode Island--that captured my heart. That said, I look forward to hearing where you would most like to have afternoon tea! In the meantime, cozy up with a cuppa and a cupcake--you are welcome to leave little smudges of frosting on the pages as you turn them! Your author, Belinda xx ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A bumper batch this year . . . My first book was dedicated to James Breeds, and in a way they all are. Thank you for the most splendid week in NYC, my sweet-toothed soulmate. Cream-swirled gratitude to this tasty bunch: Charlie Romano & David Garcelon at the Waldorf Astoria New York, Warren Brown of CakeLove, Paul Drumm at Kenyons Grist Mill, Amanda Bryan at The Newport Sweet Shoppe, Kim Houdette at AD Makepeace, Scott Cunningham of ScottCakes, Tuoi Tran and John Murtha at the Omni Parker House Hotel and Robert Alger, Jennifer Vincent and Sam Messer at the Trapp Family Lodge. A generous slice of appreciation to the travel experts: Andrea McHugh at Discover Newport, Andrea Carneiro at Newport Preservation Society, Tai Freligh of Visit New Hampshire, Charlene Williams of Nancy Marshall Communications and Kathy Scatamacchia at Discover New England. (And I highly recommend you do!) Thank you so much for guiding me to so many gems! The hosts with the most: Nancy and Bill Bagwill at Cliffside Inn, all at the Castle Hill Inn, Rauni Kew at Inn by the Sea, Mary Jo and Michael Salmon at the Hartstone Inn, Zorina and Larry Magor at the Omni Mount Washington Resort and Sam von Trapp at the Trapp Family Lodge. Cupcakes galore to my U.S. publishers The Berkley Publishing Group, in particular the exuberantly wonderful Jackie Cantor and lovely publicity mastermind Courteny Landi. My fabulous, inspiring new agent Madeleine Milburn and lovely assistant Cara. My dreamy mother Pamela (always) and character-inspiring Charles. You two were always worthy of a romance novel! Dad Trefor and Suzanne for their weekly Skype sessions, Brother G for summer memories at Dartington and Sam Adam for the ultimate teatime treat at the Wolseley! Special canine love to Bodie, who tagged along on the road trip to help me walk off the extra calories and relished every dropped crumb. And finally, my husband Jonathan, who no doubt is still wondering how I could spend a year immersed in baking and still be utterly without skill in the kitchen. I never really understood the appeal of Prince Charming. Yes, he has that flippy hair and a fancy line in epaulets but for me it was always The Candy Man. --Laurie Davis Chapter 1 I look up at my clock. 1:30 P.M. My stomach flips like a pancake. Or should I say PamCake? In just ninety minutes I am meeting Englands most beloved baker, Pamela Lambert-Leigh. Can you believe its nearly twenty years since Babycakes made her a household name? Those mini fairy cakes were so whisper-light that I used to think of them as dandelion clocks--one puff and youd send a flurry of vanilla sponge crumbs out into the ether. Her daughters cherubic face gave the packaging such an innocent, Shirley Temple vibe. Forget those sticky-sickly treats that made you groan and go cross-eyed, a Babycake was just a little kiss on your button nose, a butterfly in your tummy . . . You could eat six and barely even feel sick. I know because my mum once spelled out my name--LAURIE--one letter per cake on my birthday. I was rather miffed when she did the same three months later for my sister Jessica, especially since her name garnered an extra cake. I was wondering about telling Pamela this story, possibly leaving out the fact that my sister and I were teenagers by this point, but I dont want to come off as overly fan-ish. Besides, what if she made a casual inquiry about my nearest and dearest? My response would only make her uncomfortable--"Both women are gone now," I would say. "One to heaven and one to hell." But no dwelling on that today. I mentally will the avalanche of emotion to retreat and hold off a while longer. Ill get to you soon enough; for now I need to keep things bright and peppy and focus on the interview . . . Perhaps Ill just make a joke about having a sweet tooth: "The amount of sugar I consumed as a child, its a miracle I have any teeth left at all!" Hmmm. That sounds a bit off-putting. What about, "We used to say that instead of blood running through my veins I had syrup, like a mini maple tree. With legs." I tut myself. Im not auditioning for a stand-up show. I just want to prove to her that Im Cakes Biggest Fan. Not some pretender wholl toy with the slim end of the wedge, leaving a great bookend of frosting on the plate. Which reminds me, Im sure Ive got a childhood picture here of me taking a bite out of a cake thats twice the size of my head. I could snap it and have it neatly to hand on my phone. I rifle through my desk drawer, I saw it just the other day . . . I hesitate as I locate it. My hair in pigtails, white Peter Pan collar on my red dress. I must have been about seven. Gosh. Thirty-one years ago. I didnt know about calories then. I knew the truth about Father Christmas. I knew about divorce and that I couldnt bear to see my mother crying--it would just scrunch me up inside and make me want to cry too--but I didnt know any of those threatening phrases like: "A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips." Or "You can never be too rich, or too thin!" Or, the most insidious of all, "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." Whoever said that has clearly never been to Magnolia Bakery. Drrrrrinnnng! My phone ring startles me. But I smile when I see my best friends name on the display. I wouldnt pick up for anyone else right now. "Krista!" I squeak. "I dont want to hold you up, just wanted to wish you good luck!" "Oh thank you," I pip. "I dont know what to do with myself--this feels almost too good to be true!" "There is no one better suited to this job than you, Laurie. Its like your greatest passions colliding!" It really is. Cake and travel. The travel aspect is my actual line of expertise. Before I met Krista, I was one of those all-but-extinct breeds: a travel agent. (RIP Lunn Poly, Marble Arch.) Shes a former magazine journalist and together we launched a girlie travel-planning website called Va-Va-Vacation!, custom-designing itineraries and offering bonus features such as "What I Packed versus What I Actually Wore" and the popular "Man of the World" eye candy section. We both firmly believe that life is too short and travel too expensive to waste a single coffee-stop in a strip-lit chain when you could be basking in a secret courtyard with a waiter whos going to slip you a complimentary macaroon. Im even picky about which airports I schedule a stopover in, because a cool bar with an innovative menu and a docking station at every table beats the congealed orange chicken and plastic forks at Panda Express every time. I remember Krista saying that if her magazine hadnt just cut their travel section in favor of running more weight-loss stories, she would have written a column with all our tried-and-tested tips. I said perhaps she should start her own blog. She said shed love to create an online travel magazine and she knew a designer who could make it really eye-popping, but she couldnt figure out how to earn a living from it. Which is when we decided to combine our skills. Weve done some pretty fun themes to our custom itineraries over the years--dance-themed, family tree, a Starbucks-free coffee tour of Seatt≤ I even created an entire schedule from Ryan Gosling movie locations for one superfan. (And who can blame her fixation?) I think one of the reasons the setup works so well is that we have clearly defined roles: Im mostly in charge of logistics and wangling the discounts that give us a competitive edge. (I began with my personal travel contacts--"Go on, Yiorgos, give us an extra twenty percent off and well give you the best October occupancy the Elounda Blue has ever had!"--and still today we favor privately owned boutique properties over the big chains.) Danielle the designer holds down the fort in London, where Va-Va-Vacation! was founded, and she does all the beach resort reports (even rating the flirtiness of the local bartenders), whereas Krista, our main writer, travels all over--Tahiti, Costa Rica, Argentina . . . Shes currently based in Quebec in Canada--she went there to research their epic Winter Carnival and in between ice-skating and snow-sculpting she fell madly in love with a husky-eyed dogsledder named Jacques. (The guy has a French accent, 112 canine children and can seemingly summon the Nor Details ISBN042527960X Author Belinda Jones Short Title TRAVELING TEA SHOP Pages 368 Language English ISBN-10 042527960X ISBN-13 9780425279601 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 823.92 Series LoveTravel Series New England Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-03-03 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2015-03-03 NZ Release Date 2015-03-03 US Release Date 2015-03-03 UK Release Date 2015-03-03 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:92703444;

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