Claire Huston has been a friend of Books in Handbag for many years. I have enjoyed following her blog Art and Soul because she presents some lovely, simple recipes and she is always so positive. I was delighted to learn she has written a romance and wanted to discover more. I invited Claire to talk about her novel.
Claire: My debut novel, Art and Soul, is a cheerful modern love story.
An expert in solving other people’s problems, single mum Becky is hired to help artist Charlie get out of his creative slump. But when she starts falling for her client, she’s forced to wonder: will she be able to fix her own love life?
To add some extra sweetness to the slow burn romance, the story features several delicious cakes. As part of my ongoing baking adventures, I set myself the challenge of making all the cakes which appear in the book. Here are a few of them…
Old school sponge cake with white icing and multi-coloured sprinkles
A classic and the favourite cake of Charlie, the hero of the story. A generous slice of this light, fluffy sponge brings back fond memories of his school days.
Chocolate fudge cake with chocolate buttercream
This is Becky’s favourite cake. She enjoys scoffing a restorative slice while having a good gossip with her best friend, Ronnie, who owns a cake shop.
Cappuccino cake with caramel buttercream
With life-fixer work being thin on the ground, Becky has been making ends meet by working behind the scenes at upmarket weddings to prevent problems and make sure the bride and groom’s big day goes off without a hitch. This deliciously sweet coffee confection is the cake chosen by one of the happy couples Becky is hired to help.
Make these cakes!
If you fancy making any of these cakes, you can find all the recipes and over a hundred more on my website: www.clairehuston.co.uk
Introducing Claire Huston
Claire Huston lives in Warwickshire with her husband and two children. Art and Soul is her first novel. A keen amateur baker, she enjoys making cakes, biscuits and brownies almost as much as eating them. You can find recipes for all the cakes mentioned in Art and Soul at
Claire Huston has been a friend of Books in Handbag for many years. I have enjoyed following her blog Art and Soul because she presents some lovely, simple recipes and she is always so positive. I was delighted to learn she has written a romance and wanted to discover more. I invited Claire to talk about her novel.
Claire: My debut novel, Art and Soul, is a cheerful modern love story.
An expert in solving other people’s problems, single mum Becky is hired to help artist Charlie get out of his creative slump. But when she starts falling for her client, she’s forced to wonder: will she be able to fix her own love life?
To add some extra sweetness to the slow burn romance, the story features several delicious cakes. As part of my ongoing baking adventures, I set myself the challenge of making all the cakes which appear in the book. Here are a few of them…
Old school sponge cake with white icing and multi-coloured sprinkles
A classic and the favourite cake of Charlie, the hero of the story. A generous slice of this light, fluffy sponge brings back fond memories of his school days.
Chocolate fudge cake with chocolate buttercream
This is Becky’s favourite cake. She enjoys scoffing a restorative slice while having a good gossip with her best friend, Ronnie, who owns a cake shop.
Cappuccino cake with caramel buttercream
With life-fixer work being thin on the ground, Becky has been making ends meet by working behind the scenes at upmarket weddings to prevent problems and make sure the bride and groom’s big day goes off without a hitch. This deliciously sweet coffee confection is the cake chosen by one of the happy couples Becky is hired to help.
Make these cakes!
If you fancy making any of these cakes, you can find all the recipes and over a hundred more on my website: www.clairehuston.co.uk
Introducing Claire Huston
Claire Huston lives in Warwickshire with her husband and two children. Art and Soul is her first novel.
A keen amateur baker, she enjoys making cakes, biscuits and brownies almost as much as eating them. You can find recipes for all the cakes mentioned in Art and Soul at www.clairehuston.co.uk along with over 100 other recipes. This is also where she talks about and reviews books.
You can also follow Claire’s baking and writing endeavours on social media: linktr.ee/clairehuston_author
Get the book
And if you’d like a copy of Art and Soul, you can get one here. This is also where she talks about and reviews books.
You can also follow Claire’s baking and writing endeavours on social media: linktr.ee/clairehuston_author
Please see all my guests’ posts at Mail from the Creative Community and also my website and blog at JessieCahalin.com.
A copy of my novel is available here.
Thank you again! 🙂 xxx
Have your cake and read it, too! Sprinkles, too! Sounds like a delicious debut novel- congrats to Claire Huston.
Thank you so much for featuring me and my book 🙂 I will share this properly later when the kids let me! xx
Love that cover – and a book review that leaves me hungry!