Kindle Book The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris

I enjoyed reading this story. All the characters were likable and interesting. You don’t know at the beginning where the story is heading and that’s good thing. The setting in France really added to the atmosphere and made me feel what it was like to be there. Of course the bakery itself brought realism to the wonderful bread and pastries made there. What made it different was the mystery of the ‘forbidden’ basement where the delicacies are made. The premise held my interest. Much of the story was charming. The only faults I could find were two. I cannot speak French and agree with other reviewers that translations would have been so helpful. The second, more importantly, is that it developed into a close relative of a Hallmark movie. Not too bad, but it caused me not to give it 4 stars. I would say that it’s worth reading and can add that it was informative and had some somber passages about the Nazi takeover of France. It was very necessary to the story, so lead to the conclusion with purpose. I did like the satisfying ending.

A captivating book! every time you read it, you feel like drinking a morning coffee made of romance as sugar, Mystery as Coffee, and History as a flavor.

From beginning to end this was an enchantingly beautiful book.
I read in one go. We follow Edith to France for a position in a bakery in Paris. Only to find she is in the wrong place. She finally with a bit of help finds the real bakery.
Edith ends up in a picturesque village where the past meets the future and the bakery she works in reveals secrets from world war 2.
The author does a fabulous job of showing you the bakery and the village, weaving history with the people who live there. We follow Edith making friends with everyone and gaining her own sense of who she is . You truly can almost smell the bead baking coming off the pages. Generously sprinkled with French phrases throughout the book really draw you in.
Best book I have read in a long time. Curiously, now really wanting a croissant….

This book will make you cry—for certain. I bought it because I am a foodie and have wonderful memories of baked goods and small bakeries from my childhood. This book has all of that, with vivid imagery. I did not know it would have a secondary storyline involving the horror of Nazi Germany. That is definitely one of my triggers. It is necessary to remember , though, so as not to repeat. There were also primary story elements of found family, tradition, redemption, being true to yourself, and love. This was another REALLY good book from Evie Woods❤️.

This story is well paced with intriguing twists and turns. The history is alive and the reader transported to gain a better understanding of what makes the human heart such a gift to those who will listen to it.

This book is a beautifully written, engaging story of Edith, a young Irish woman grieving the loss of her mother to cystic fibrosis and at a loss for what to fo with her life now that she is no longer primarily her mother’s caregiver.. Desperate to do something more exciting than continuing to be a waitress, on a whim she accepts what she believes to be a position as an assistant manager at a bakery in Paris. When she arrives in Paris, however, she discovers that the bakery is not in Paris, the city of lights and dreams, but rather on the Rue de Paris in a small French village more than an hour’s train ride away.

The bakery’s products are fantastic and beloved by its patrons. The owner, Mme. Moreau, is chatty with customers but gruff and brusque with Edith. Edith is strictly forbidden from ever entering the locked basement, where the baking is done, or meeting the baker, and she is extremely curious as to reason for the secrecy. A skinny teenage boy is the bakery’s only other visible employee. Edith’s meager French language skills make her new situation even more lonely and bewildering.

She gradually befriends a few of the regular customers as well as a young woman whose husband plays jazz at the local club, While at the club, and with the aid of her new friend, Edith meets a tall, handsome Englishman and they are immediately drawn to one another.. He lives in Paris but comes to the village regularly to see his mom, who has Alzheimer’s and is in a care facility. In between visits, he sends Edith short but sweet, romantic postcards.

Eventually, Edith discovers not only the bakery’s mysterious secret but also its precarious finances and dim future prospects. When she discovers that the man she is falling in love with is playing a major role in the attempts to force Mme. Moreau to sell the bakery—her family’s legacy—Edith is furious and brokenhearted at his perceived betrayal.

You’ll need to read the book to uncover the bakery’s secrets and what becomes of the protagonists. It’s well worth the journey. Be aware that the Nazi occupation of France and racial bigotry play an important role in the story.

Eve Woods whips up a tale full of tempting pastries and sorrowful ghosts -- both the one hiding in the basement and all the other ghosts that haunt our histories and our hearts. My advice? Read this novel in a bakery or pastry shop. You'll enjoy the tale, be reminded of the horrible unpleasantnesses that humans do to each other, especially during wars, and be quite hungery for a delicate croissant and a magical cocoa. But don't be distressed if the reality falls short of what Woods inspires in your imagination as you read her words. Bon appetite!