Donuts & Daydreams

by Elizabeth Maddrey

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“Every good love story starts with a certain amount of stalking.”

When Jonah decided to bring Kenia to Micah’s wedding, I wanted to yell, “You can’t do that!” From reading the previous books in the series, I knew that Jonah and Gloria belong together. Whatever Gloria’s secret was, it couldn’t be so bad it would keep them apart, right? Right?

As with most of this author’s books, the story was a combination of humor, sweet romance and slightly uncomfortable situations that make me think about what the right thing to do is. She sprinkles Christian teachings throughout as a fine chef spices his food.

Speaking of chefs, (like how I did that?) Jonah has been so fun to read about through this series. He is a talented chef and baker who loves to experiment with various flavors of donuts. He is kind and loyal, but certainly not perfect. Both he and Gloria needed to learn to be willing to talk instead of assuming things, and they both needed to learn to be vulnerable so they could be open to receiving God’s best for them.

I think my favorite part of the story is where Gloria was in church and realized that she had never allowed herself to fully open up to God and trust Him.

There was a part of her that wondered how much she held back from God the way she tried to hold pieces of her heart back from the people she loved.

I love the way Elizabeth Maddrey ties the books in her series together, and yet allows them to each stand on their own. The Baxter Family Bakery series books are all by Elizabeth Maddrey and intertwine more closely than the Arcadia Valley Romance series and so for the fullest enjoyment, I recommend you read them all.


This review was originally posted on Among the Reads


I would like to thank Elizabeth Maddrey for giving me this item. My opinion and review were not influenced by this gift.