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THE MAGIC INGREDIENTBar Harbor Holiday Series, Book 1
Optioned by Oren Kamara and the producers of Aloha With Love Rosewind Books | October 13, 2020 The end of summer is approaching, but even at the height of Bar Harbor’s tourist season, Eve Silver is having a hard time keeping enough money in the bank to sustain the family business. Her only hope of paying past due bills is to win the catering bid for the town’s upcoming Harvest Happening Festival. Otherwise, it’ll be lights out for Mount Desserts & Tea by Christmas.
Widower Jeff Parish is moving with his twelve-year-old daughter, Candy, from Manhattan to Maine with one goal: starting over. When sparks fly between Jeff and Eve as the town readies for the annual harvest festival, Candy wishes she had a love potion to help her dad fall in love again. Will Eve be able to save Mount Desserts & Tea—and open her heart to Jeff—by the most bewitching night of the year? It’ll take a lot of love, a little bit of luck … and just a pinch of magic. |
PRAISE FOR The Magic Ingredient
2021 Finalist, Eric Hoffer da Vinci Eye
2021 Honorable Mention, Eric Hoffer Awards in Romance
Bronze Medal, 2021 Feathered Quill Book Awards, Fiction
Award-Winning Finalist (Cover Design: Fiction), 2020 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest
1st Place, 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romantic Fiction
Phoenix Award for Best New Voice: Fiction Romance, 2020 Kops-Fetherling International Book Awards
Distinguished Favorite, 2021 NYC Big Book Award
Finalist, Mid-Length Contemporary Romance, Booksellers' Best (Winners TBA)
Finalist, Patti Shenberger Award for Best First Book, Booksellers' Best (Winners TBA)
"[The Magic Ingredient] is the epitome of love." –Feathered Quill Book Awards Judges' Comments
“Bubbling over with graceful romance, seasonal festivity and wholehearted family joy… Love truly takes the cake in The Magic Ingredient. The characters’ demonstrations of this highest virtue — towards each other and their community — prove more enchanting than any Halloween spell or culinary confection. The result is sweet indeed." –Booktrib
“Lindy Miller crafts an excellent, clean romance which revolves around the atmosphere of Bar Harbor, Maine. She captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the region, along with its holiday celebration preparations, and thus injects the romance's evolution with a sense of community, personal atmosphere, and change. Her attention to exploring the lives and emotions of all involved, rather than just Eve or Jeff alone, gives a full-faceted feel to the story that keeps readers involved in the roots of all the choices and the origins of connections that turn into love. These thought-provoking, emotion-driven moments are another reason why this novel is so provocative, realistic, and compelling. The holiday overlay in The Magic Ingredient lends it a warm flavor that lingers in the mind and heart long after Eve and Jeff tackle their personal obstacles and the potential promise of love.” –Midwest Book Review
"A small town romance that embarks on a romantic adventure from loss to new love, Miller crafts a small New England town and characters to root for, all set during the pressure and joyful filled holidays. The obstacles that keep the main characters apart include losing a family owned dessert shop and new loss create a sense of empathy. This blended family new romance brings together a shop owner and handyman in an eccentric town with humor and heart that leaves you wanting to return to this place and the love that happens there." –The Eric Hoffer Award
"Lindy Miller hits all of the right notes in her modern romance novel, The Magic Ingredient. Some of those notes are expected, of course, but what was delicious to discover is Miller's literary skill, expressed in the adept musicality of her language, which sings in this emotive story." –Roy M. Carlisle, Director of Publishing, PageMill Press
"[The Magic Ingredient is] the perfect feel-good novel readers are looking for as the tumultuous year of 2020 winds down. With the perfect amount of romance and struggle mixed in with humor and lovable characters, Lindy Miller has created an outstanding tale of loss, recovery, and just how far a little bit of love can go when someone is in need." –The Nerd Daily
2021 Honorable Mention, Eric Hoffer Awards in Romance
Bronze Medal, 2021 Feathered Quill Book Awards, Fiction
Award-Winning Finalist (Cover Design: Fiction), 2020 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest
1st Place, 2020 Chatelaine Book Awards for Romantic Fiction
Phoenix Award for Best New Voice: Fiction Romance, 2020 Kops-Fetherling International Book Awards
Distinguished Favorite, 2021 NYC Big Book Award
Finalist, Mid-Length Contemporary Romance, Booksellers' Best (Winners TBA)
Finalist, Patti Shenberger Award for Best First Book, Booksellers' Best (Winners TBA)
"[The Magic Ingredient] is the epitome of love." –Feathered Quill Book Awards Judges' Comments
“Bubbling over with graceful romance, seasonal festivity and wholehearted family joy… Love truly takes the cake in The Magic Ingredient. The characters’ demonstrations of this highest virtue — towards each other and their community — prove more enchanting than any Halloween spell or culinary confection. The result is sweet indeed." –Booktrib
“Lindy Miller crafts an excellent, clean romance which revolves around the atmosphere of Bar Harbor, Maine. She captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the region, along with its holiday celebration preparations, and thus injects the romance's evolution with a sense of community, personal atmosphere, and change. Her attention to exploring the lives and emotions of all involved, rather than just Eve or Jeff alone, gives a full-faceted feel to the story that keeps readers involved in the roots of all the choices and the origins of connections that turn into love. These thought-provoking, emotion-driven moments are another reason why this novel is so provocative, realistic, and compelling. The holiday overlay in The Magic Ingredient lends it a warm flavor that lingers in the mind and heart long after Eve and Jeff tackle their personal obstacles and the potential promise of love.” –Midwest Book Review
"A small town romance that embarks on a romantic adventure from loss to new love, Miller crafts a small New England town and characters to root for, all set during the pressure and joyful filled holidays. The obstacles that keep the main characters apart include losing a family owned dessert shop and new loss create a sense of empathy. This blended family new romance brings together a shop owner and handyman in an eccentric town with humor and heart that leaves you wanting to return to this place and the love that happens there." –The Eric Hoffer Award
"Lindy Miller hits all of the right notes in her modern romance novel, The Magic Ingredient. Some of those notes are expected, of course, but what was delicious to discover is Miller's literary skill, expressed in the adept musicality of her language, which sings in this emotive story." –Roy M. Carlisle, Director of Publishing, PageMill Press
"[The Magic Ingredient is] the perfect feel-good novel readers are looking for as the tumultuous year of 2020 winds down. With the perfect amount of romance and struggle mixed in with humor and lovable characters, Lindy Miller has created an outstanding tale of loss, recovery, and just how far a little bit of love can go when someone is in need." –The Nerd Daily
