Product Description

For years, things have run quite smoothly for Perdita and her organic gardening business. So what if her hair needs a complete overhaul, her sweater has more holes than Swiss cheese, and there's no hope of a boyfriend on the horizon? The last thing Perdita wants is a meddlesome man in her life-but she's about to get one, in the form of her completely infuriating ex-husband, Lucas. Lucas in disagreeable, curt, arrogant, and smolderingly gorgeous. He's also the new chef at Grantly House, Perdita's number-one customer. Worse, Mr. Grantly has the insane idea of starting a television cooking show that will put Lucas and Perdita together as "The Gourmet and the Gardener." Now, things are heating up in the kitchen--and elsewhere. With the bright lights blazing and old feelings stirring the pot, it could be a recipe for disaster...or absolute delight.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #364667 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 384 pages

Customer Reviews

ISNT THIS A RE - ISSUE OF TYME OUT ?
Not sure if i am doing the author a diservice here, i love reading her books, after a time away from reading her i have just been researching which books to buy, i came accross this title Second Thyme Around, it stirred my memory, i had read Thyme Out quite a few years ago and the synopsis of this leads me to think its a re issued book,if this is so its not a fair way to treat fans of the books! i am now wondering how many more of them there may be - i dont want to waste money on a book that i have already read!

chef and gardner reunited
After Lucas's affair with his boss ruins their young marriage, Perdita and Lucas divorce and move on. After several years apart Perdita - who now owns her own successful business - finds herself face to face with her ex-husband - now a quailified chef. Perdita and Lucas have to deal with past, present and future all at once and although the sparks are still there, they are unsure whether old things are better left kept under the carpet. A twist of fate for Perdita means the only person who she can really rely on is Lucas...who is never too far away!!

Funny, quirky, the stuff wonderful relationships are made of
This is my first Katie Fforde read, what a delight. Feisty yet loving Perdita, arrogant Lucas
and beautiful Kitty make up a cast of characters
oozing with charm and depth. I adored the love
that is so obvious in this book, yet the humour
had he me laughing very loudly, in often very
public places. Fforde has found her niche as I feel Jane Green has found hers. Isn't there a little bit of Perdita in all of us, businesswoman,
former idealistic teenager, dutiful daughter, harried singlewoman yet a passionate but fearful adult. I did not particularly want to reach the end and would love to meet up with Lucas
and Perdita again.