Seeing Me Naked

Liza Palmer
5 Spot (2008)
ISBN 9780446698375
Reviewed by Lisa Kisner for Reader Views (1/08)


Elisabeth Page is a pastry chef at the hottest restaurant in Los Angeles.  Living up to family expectations is difficult, to say the least, with a father whose past novels have won the Pulitzer prize and made him a living legend, an heiress mother and a brother with a current best-selling novel.  Elisabeth’s five-year plan (now on year eleven) to open her own patisserie and marry her childhood sweetheart looks to be no further along than when she started it.    Golden opportunities arise when she gets an offer to host her own cooking show and when she meets Daniel, a basketball coach who is everything her childhood sweetheart is not.  Much to her surprise, Elisabeth begins considering acting on both possibilities even though they are completely opposite of the life she, and her family, expects.  Does Elisabeth have the courage to take on this new life, or will she forever be in her family’s shadow?

I found “Seeing Me Naked” to be delightful and engaging.   It is just the book to read curled up in an armchair on a rainy day or lounging on the beach in the sun. Ms. Palmer combines solid characters with an appealing story. She even includes a few recipes of the mouth-watering dishes that appear in the story.  The result is a fun to read novel that transcends traditional chick lit with a clever and classy romance.

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