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    "description": "<p>You&rsquo;ve Got Mail meets How to Eat a Cupcake in this delightful novel about a talented chef and the food critic who brings down her restaurant&mdash;whose chance meeting turns into a delectable romance of mistaken identities.</p>\n<p>In downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lou works tirelessly to build her beloved yet struggling French restaurant, Luella&rsquo;s, into a success. She cheerfully balances her demanding business and even more demanding fianc&eacute;&hellip;until the morning she discovers him in the buff&mdash;with an intern.</p>\n<p>Witty yet gruff British transplant Al is keeping himself employed and entertained by writing scathing reviews of local restaurants in the Milwaukee newspaper under a pseudonym. When an anonymous tip sends him to Luella&rsquo;s, little does he know he&rsquo;s arrived on the worst day of the chef&rsquo;s life. The review practically writes itself: underdone fish, scorched sauce, distracted service&mdash;he unleashes his worst.</p>\n<p>The day that Al&rsquo;s mean-spirited review of Luella&rsquo;s runs, the two cross paths in a pub: Lou drowning her sorrows, and Al celebrating his latest publication. As they chat, Al playfully challenges Lou to show him the best of Milwaukee and she&rsquo;s game&mdash;but only if they never discuss work, which Al readily agrees to. As they explore the city&rsquo;s local delicacies and their mutual attraction, Lou&rsquo;s restaurant faces closure, while Al&rsquo;s column gains popularity. It&rsquo;s only a matter of time before the two fall in love&hellip;but when the truth comes out, can Lou overlook the past to chase her future?</p>\n<p>Set in the lovely, quirky heart of Wisconsin, The Coincidence of Coconut Cake is a charming love story of misunderstandings, mistaken identity, and the power of food to bring two people together.</p>",
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