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Laura Madeleine

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

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Laura Madeleine is the bestselling author of The Confectioner’s Tale, Where the Wild Cherries Grow, The Secrets Between Us and An Echo of Scandal.

As Lili Hayward she is also the author of The Cat of Yule Cottage and A Midwinter's Tail.

She lives in Bristol, but can often be found visiting her family in Devon and plotting with her sister, fantasy author Lucy Holland. You can find her on twitter @lauramadeleine or @lilihayward and instagram at lauramadeleineauthor and @lilihaywardauthor.

Laura is represented by Meg Davis at Ki Agency. ...more

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Courgette and Cardamom Loaf Cake

IT IS THAT TIME. The courgette tide has arrived and will not abate. The marrows crash through the allotment, like huge, watery uninvited guests at a dinner party. (I end up making spiced courgette chutney every year; here’s the best recipe I’ve found).

I’ve made courgette cake before but wanted to throw in something extra. Enter cardamom. I love cardamom. It adds a wonderful, warm, comforting f

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Average rating: 3.92 · 4,851 ratings · 687 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Confectioner's Tale 3.69 avg rating — 2,138 ratings — published 2015 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katė, išgelbėjusi Kalėdas by Lili Hayward, Laura Madeleine (Goodreads Author), Augustė Čebelytė-Matulevičienė (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 1,352 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secrets Between Us 4.24 avg rating — 1,054 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where The Wild Cherries Grow 4.04 avg rating — 1,077 ratings — published 2017 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Echo of Scandal 4.09 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A rich steam rose and he took a sip. Sweetness flooded his tongue, followed by cream, sugar, spices, chocolate finer than anything he had ever tasted, dark and bitter and delicious.”
― Laura Madeleine, The Confectioner's Tale

tags: flavors, hot-chocolate, taste

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“Roses and violets from summer gardens, sun-drenched Sicilian lemons squeezed of their juice and mingled with juniper from the frozen north. Saffron threads and gold leaf from the Indies waited to be turned into something magical. And contained deep within all of this was a smile that flooded him with warmth, a pair of blue eyes, and the scent of chocolate...”
― Laura Madeleine, The Confectioner's Tale

tags: essences, flowers, jeanne-clermont, lemons, scents, spices

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“Mahogany shelves lined the counters, stacked with glass bottles and jars, like something from a fairy tale. There were whole, plump roses steeping in honey; purple-stained sugar, thick with lavender, tiny jars of crimson threads, cherries and peaches suspended in syrup as if they had fallen there from the trees.
The luxurious scents wrapped around him. 'Butter,' his nose relayed, 'cream, nuts, brandy, chocolate...”
― Laura Madeleine, The Confectioner's Tale

tags: flowers, fruits, ingredients, inventory, patisserie, scents

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