{"id":26399,"date":"2020-12-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=26399"},"modified":"2020-12-21T08:08:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T14:08:54","slug":"wotr21-seriesspotlight-homegrown-cafe-book-club-series-by-mellanie-szereto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=26399","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR21 #SeriesSpotlight &#8211; Homegrown Cafe Book Club Series by Mellanie Szereto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25687\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=474%2C267\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=1024%2C576 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=300%2C169 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=1536%2C864 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/THCBC-Series-Graphic.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26403 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/THCBC-Series-Graphic.png?resize=474%2C181\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/THCBC-Series-Graphic.png?resize=1024%2C390 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/THCBC-Series-Graphic.png?resize=300%2C114 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/THCBC-Series-Graphic.png?resize=768%2C292 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/THCBC-Series-Graphic.png?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/THCBC-Series-Graphic.png?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Homegrown Caf\u00e9 Book Club series blurb:<\/p>\n<p>The women of The Homegrown Caf\u00e9 Book Club are over 40, single, and loving it. Fate, however, has a different plan with a younger man for every last one of them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Makin-Bacon-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26400 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Makin-Bacon-Cover-Final.jpg?resize=188%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Makin-Bacon-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=188%2C300 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Makin-Bacon-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C1024 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Makin-Bacon-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1229 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Makin-Bacon-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=960%2C1536 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Makin-Bacon-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=1280%2C2048 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Makin-Bacon-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Makin-Bacon-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Makin\u2019 Bacon<\/em><\/strong> (The Homegrown Caf\u00e9 Book Club 1)<\/p>\n<p>Heroine is 42; hero is 35.<\/p>\n<p>Divorc\u00e9e Tate Madison wasted fifteen years of her life with a liar and a cheat. Now she\u2019s returned to her hometown to open The Homegrown Caf\u00e9, find a sperm donor, and spend time with her family and new friends. Encouraged by her fellow middle-aged book-club buddies, she begs a favor from her younger brother\u2019s best friend\u2014father the child her ex-husband denied her. Complications abound when she discovers she\u2019s attracted to the man who wasn\u2019t supposed to be more than an anonymous profile at the clinic.<\/p>\n<p>Pig farmer Jim Cochon knows all about in-vitro fertilization, but he\u2019d rather do things the old-fashioned way with the irresistible redhead he\u2019s wanted to marry since he was five. Too bad she refuses his proposal the morning after their attempt to make a baby. He\u2019ll have to convince her second chances are worth taking when happily-ever-after is at stake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/makin-bacon\">https:\/\/books2read.com\/makin-bacon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Farmer-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26401 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Farmer-Cover-Final.jpg?resize=188%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Farmer-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=188%2C300 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Farmer-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C1024 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Farmer-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1229 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Farmer-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=960%2C1536 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Farmer-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=1280%2C2048 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Farmer-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Farmer-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Farmer Takes a Husband<\/em><\/strong> (The Homegrown Caf\u00e9 Book Club 2)<\/p>\n<p>Heroine is 47; hero is 39.<\/p>\n<p>Organic farmer Riley Fenniman is happily single at forty-seven and refuses to acknowledge an attraction to her younger accountant, let alone surrender to it. Unfortunately, a legal catch in her farm\u2019s ownership and a health scare give her no choice in the matter. The women of The Homegrown Caf\u00e9 Book Club have the perfect plan to ensure Riley\u2019s cousin can\u2019t get his greedy paws on her legacy, but it includes a husband and two pubescent girls.<\/p>\n<p>CPA Deacon Jeffries has carried a torch for his favorite client for over a year, but she would probably sooner light him with it than return his affection. She makes an offer he can\u2019t refuse to save her farm, one that makes his wish come true and gives his daughters the mother they need\u2014except for lessons in dropping f-bombs. When the secret she\u2019s keeping reveals itself, he\u2019ll have to choose between self-preservation and love.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/the-farmer-takes-a-husband\">https:\/\/books2read.com\/the-farmer-takes-a-husband<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Butcher-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26402\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Butcher-Cover-Final.jpg?resize=188%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Butcher-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=188%2C300 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Butcher-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C1024 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Butcher-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1229 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Butcher-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=960%2C1536 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Butcher-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?resize=1280%2C2048 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Butcher-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Butcher-Cover-Final-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Butcher and the Baker<\/em><\/strong> (The Homegrown Caf\u00e9 Book Club 3)<\/p>\n<p>Heroine is 43; hero is 37.<\/p>\n<p>After six broken engagements, butcher Petra Lochsley wants nothing to do with men and romance. Her hobbies include throwing axes, discussing books and having raunchy conversations with her middle-aged friends, and eating the occasional Boston cream doughnut\u2014when the flirtatious baker doesn\u2019t insist she prostitute herself for the decadent pleasure. One game of tongue hockey is enough with the guy she used to babysit. So what if he\u2019s hot and is a good kisser?<\/p>\n<p>Baker Auggie Hofmeier didn\u2019t mean fall in love with or accidentally marry the butcher, but his heart seems to know what it\u2019s doing. Besides, his new wife invited him home for a wedding night and more, that is, until the conniving interference by The Candlestick Maker, the old man who owns the shop he and Pet both want to buy, threatens their happily-ever-after. What\u2019s a knave to do?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/the-butcher-and-the-baker\">https:\/\/books2read.com\/the-butcher-and-the-baker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>When Harry Met Wally<\/em><\/strong> (The Homegrown Caf\u00e9 Book Club 4) Coming soon!<\/p>\n<p>Heroine is 50; hero is 40.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>And Baby Makes 2\u00bd<\/em><\/strong> (The Homegrown Caf\u00e9 Book Club 5) Coming soon!<\/p>\n<p>Heroine is 45; hero is 38.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/socialmedia.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25370\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/socialmedia.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/socialmedia.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/socialmedia.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/socialmedia.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mellanieszereto.com\">https:\/\/www.mellanieszereto.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Newsletter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribepage.com\/mellanieszereto\">https:\/\/www.subscribepage.com\/mellanieszereto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/authormellanieszereto\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/authormellanieszereto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amazon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/author\/mellanieszereto\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/author\/mellanieszereto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BookBub: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/authors\/mellanie-szereto\">https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/authors\/mellanie-szereto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goodreads: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/mellanie_szereto\">https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/mellanie_szereto<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Homegrown Caf\u00e9 Book Club series blurb: The women of The Homegrown Caf\u00e9 Book Club are over 40, single, and loving it. Fate, however, has a different plan with a younger man for every last one of them. Makin\u2019 Bacon (The Homegrown Caf\u00e9 Book Club 1) Heroine is 42; hero is 35. Divorc\u00e9e Tate Madison &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=26399\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#WOTR21 #SeriesSpotlight &#8211; Homegrown Cafe Book Club Series by Mellanie Szereto<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[1039],"class_list":["post-26399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-part-of-a-series","tag-mellanie-szereto"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wotr21banner2.jpg?fit=2048%2C1069","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-6RN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26404,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26399\/revisions\/26404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}