The Ingredients for Happiness. Lucy Knott

      

       About the Author

      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!’

       Also by Lucy Knott

       How to Bake a New Beginning

      The Ingredients for Happiness

      LUCY KNOTT

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      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.

      1 London Bridge Street

      London SE1 9GF

      First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2019

      Copyright © Lucy Knott 2019

      Lucy Knott asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      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

       Cover

      About the Author

      Praise for Lucy Knott from readers

      Also by Lucy Knott

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

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

       Extract

       Dear Reader …

       Keep Reading …

      About the Publisher

       For my family; you are my world.

       Chapter 1

      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