The Cake Therapist

By: Judith Fertig

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

A fiction debut that will leave you wanting seconds, from an award-winning cookbook author

Claire "Neely" O'Neil is pastry chef of extraordinary talent. Every great chef can taste shimmering, elusive flavors that most of us miss, but Neely can "taste" feelings - cinnamon makes you remember, plum is pleased with itself, orange is a wake-up call. When flavor and feeling give Neely a glimpse of someone's inner self, she can customize her creations to help that person celebrate love, overcome fear, even mourn a devastating loss.

Maybe that's why she feels the need to go home to Millcreek Valley at a time when her life seems about to fall apart. The bakery she opens in her hometown is perfect, intimate, just what she's always dreamed of - and yet, as she meets her new customers, Neely has a sense of secrets, some dark, some perhaps with tempting possibilities. A recurring flavor of alarming intensity signals to her perfect palate a long-ago story that must be told.

Neely has always been able to help everyone else. Getting to the end of this story may be just what she needs to help herself.

©2015 Judith Fertig (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

A Slow Stir of Past and Present

The author entices throughout the story with images of emotions intertwined with intoxicating and subtle flavors bringing lives from the past into the present. A must !isten.

Great concept- similar feel to chocolat

I liked the premise and a lot of the different threads woven into the story, but the story left a lot of loose threads of plot that leaves the story lacking and frustrating

Fun summer read

Great read, interesting plot line. Male voices are a little awkward but enjoyable performance overall!