Lucy Knott is a former professional wrestler with a passion for storytelling. Now, instead of telling her stories in the ring, she’s putting pen to paper, fulfilling another lifelong dream in becoming an Author.
Inspired by her Italian Grandparents, when she is not writing you will most likely find her cooking, baking and devouring Italian food, in addition to learning Italian and daydreaming of trips to Italy.
Along with her twin sister, Kelly, Lucy runs TheBlossomTwins.com, where she enthusiastically shares her love for books, baking and Italy, with daily posts, reviews and recipes.
You can find Lucy on Twitter @TheBlossomTwins or @LucyCKnott
Praise for Lucy Knott from readers:
‘A wonderful, charming feel-good story’
‘Delicious and heartwarming’
‘I laughed, I cried, and thoroughly enjoyed this book!’
‘A wonderful, and ultimately, uplifting story’
‘This book kept me hooked from the very start’
‘I couldn’t put it down … there is passion, heartbreak, joy and good old fashioned romance!’
How to Bake a New Beginning
The Ingredients for Happiness
LUCY KNOTT
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2019
Copyright © Lucy Knott 2019
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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E-book Edition © August 2019 ISBN: 9780008336172
Version: 2019-06-24
Table of Contents
About the Author
Praise for Lucy Knott from readers
Also by Lucy Knott
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Acknowledgements
About the Publisher
For my family; you are my world.
Rum Baba
Ingredients:
Flour
Sugar
Eggs
Baking powder
One of those vanilla/baking powder packets with the angel on the front
What to do:
Mix all ingredients together and pour into crème caramel ramekins.
(Wait, what about the rum? Nanna didn’t say rum; she laughed when I mentioned it. Is there no rum in rum baba? Maybe I soak it at the end – I’m certain the one Grandpa made me was soaked in rum.)
Figure out rum.
(Hang on, I think Nanna missed out a few ingredients when she told me. Yeast! Doesn’t Rum Baba have yeast in it?)
Figure out missing ingredients.
The sun was trying with all its might to cast warm rays down on Manchester, but January was having none of it. With every hint of a glow came a grey cloud that swooped in to steal the spotlight. The dreary sky would not be affecting Amanda’s mood today though, she was absolutely not going to let it. She was sure that today they would find her café and her positive energy would make it so. That, and they had to. She was all too aware that Dan needed