An Appetite for Violets (Hardcover)

from Beamis12

3.5 the novel begins in 1772, when Biddy Leigh the 22 year old under cook at Mawton Manor is all set to marry her sweetheart Jem. Cooking is her passion and her ambition is to open her own place and prepare the food she wants to make. All the changes when they get word that their elderly master h...

from BrokenTeepee

Biddy (Obedience) Leigh is the undercook at Mawton Hall and wants only to marry her sweetheart Jem and start a tavern of her own. She is a forward thinking woman for her time and one with a rare talent for cooking. Life, however does not always turn out the way we want it to as Biddy soon learns....

from cathyskye

The opening scene of An Appetite for Violets is a powerful one that stays with readers throughout the book and makes us want to find out what on earth happened. And then we're introduced to Biddy Leigh, a young woman who has a true talent for cooking and dreams that she's willing to work to make ...

from Pattymclpn

I absolutely loved this book. The novel starts in 18th century England. Obedience (Biddy) is a young servant girl who is employed at Mawton Hall. When the newly married lady of the manor turns up she encourages Biddy to travel with her to France and later England. This book takes us along with Bi...

from kitchenwitch04

An Appetite For Violets is a debut novel by Martine Bailey. It has been described as a historical romance, but believe me, it is SO much more than that. The story is woven with mystery and suspense, adventure, and romance. But that is not all. There is also food - glorious details about the magni...