Coming Home to the Comfort Food Café: The only heart-warming feel-good novel you need!

Coming Home to the Comfort Food Café: The only heart-warming feel-good novel you need!
Debbie Johnson

‘Full of quirky characters, friendship and humour, you will devour this engaging and heartwarming novel in one sitting’ – Sunday ExpressWelcome to the cosy Comfort Food Café, where there's kindness in every cup of hot chocolate and the menu is sprinkled with love and happiness…When Zoe's best friend Kate dies of breast cancer, her whole world is turned upside down. Within hours, she goes from being the wacky neighbour who can barely keep a houseplant alive to a whole new world of responsibility when she realises she's guardian to Kate's 16-year-old daughter, Martha.Moving to the little village of Budbury in the West Country, Zoe hopes the fresh Dorset sea breeze and the gentle pace of life will help them heal.Luckily for them both, the friendly community at the Comfort Food Cafe provide listening ears, sage advice, shoulders to cry on, and some truly excellent carrot cake. And when Martha's enigmatic, absent father suddenly turns up, confusing not only Martha but Zoe too, the love and support of their new-found friends is the best present they could ask for…

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Table of Contents

Cover (#uc6c5bf87-9b4a-5ae6-85c0-e9a323c6c116)

Title Page (#u5371c66b-5e13-536c-8fbe-dddd0f8b8a89)

Copyright (#u70552f7c-ab21-5f95-b013-f85e84260a1a)

Dedication (#u6e54e8b8-1942-5b56-b115-22f8856474bb)

Part One: Rebel Rebel (#u026a6e8a-4163-58e6-bc64-5fc3ce4bba0d)

Chapter 1 (#u8cc37f11-fa85-54c7-9145-27a983c2a946)

Chapter 2 (#ucf25f0d4-b2e0-5417-b00c-db86d8cf0e96)

Chapter 3 (#u93a17f14-5398-5693-9edc-ea37d7c92628)

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Chapter 5 (#u65c682f1-a457-5456-8094-6cb2244a4ab0)

Chapter 6 (#u1315fc2c-628d-509f-9383-bf4aa55e2c99)

Part Two: Changes (#uc73709fb-4474-51f2-8fbe-cd007dc2d25f)

Chapter 7 (#ue872b679-fc5c-5c82-9eca-34cd09dbdd7c)

Chapter 8 (#u0271f94b-01de-57ee-9561-51360d37a465)

Chapter 9 (#ub9b5d5d8-9c82-5826-af4b-96254895499a)

Chapter 10 (#uddd1d0b1-d394-56b0-84af-47a402dc7700)

Chapter 11 (#uaf17fdb3-97b2-5eae-b01e-616d03159998)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Three: Modern Love (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)