The Secret to Happiness

 

The Secret to Happiness by Suzanne Woods Fisher is the second in the Cape Cod Creamery series. 

Callie Dixon is an executive chef in a high end restaurant in Boston. But when she makes an disastrous mistake, she is fired. With her reputation at stake, she works at the Ice Cream school where she meets up with her aunt Marnie. She fiddles her way into an invitation to move in with her aunt and her favorite cousin Dawn. But they don't live in a home. They live above their Ice Cream store. Her depression plunges her into disabling misery. She ends up being dragged to a class on happiness by her cousin.

When Dawn leaves Callie at the Secret to Happiness class, the instructor, Bruno Bianco, makes her search deep into herself to be real and find the cause of her unhappiness. 

Although it is the second in the series it can be read as stand alone. It is heartfelt, troubling, and a redeeming reconciling story. There are so many facets to the story. I love six year old Leo the Cowboy who barges in, and sits on Callie's bed for her to read to him. He proclaims he is the official ice cream taste tester.  There are a few unexpected surprises along the way. The story is well written, the characters well developed. I am certainly looking forward to the next book in the series. 

I received a complimentary ebook copy from the publisher, through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.