Strawberry Patch Pancake House – Book Review

Fall in love with the brand new spring romance set in Dream Harbor, from the bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café.

As a renowned chef, single-dad Archer never planned on moving to a small town, let alone running a pancake restaurant. But Dream Harbor needs a new chef, and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter, Olive.

Iris has never managed to hold down a job for more than a few months. So when Mayor Kelly suggests Archer is looking for a nanny, and Iris might be available, she shudders at the thought. But in need of money she reluctantly agrees.

As Archer and Iris get used to their new roles, is it possible that they might have more in common than they first thought, or is Olive just determined to play match-maker…

This is the fourth book of the Dream Harbor series. You can read this book as a standalone though however, there are some certain characters in the book that you would want to know their backgrounds before reading this book.

Archer is a world-renowned chef working in Paris. He comes to Dream Harbor when he gets the news from the lawyer that he is now a father. A father to a daughter named Olive whose mother passed away in an accident and Archer was listed as the next guardian. Archer didn’t really have plans to live in Dream Harbor long time and being a father is a new concept to him. And he just got a job to work as a chef in a local diner. Now he needs a nanny to look after Olive while he is at work. Iris (who get first introduced in the 3rd book of the Dream Harbor series) never seems to hold a stable job. She is on the verge of getting evicted from her apartment and she is in between the jobs. So when she got a job offer as a nanny, she was not really sure as she never had experience with working children before. But she accepts the job offer as if involves staying in the house. As Iris begins her job, Archer couldn’t help but notice Iris in a different light, and Iris knows it’s a bad to be in a relationship with your boss.

This was a cute love story between Archer and Iris. I did like the chemistry between the two. The whole story feels like you are also a part of the Dream Harbor community as well. I think I like the whole of single dad and nanny trope love story in the series. Out of the books that I have read in the Dream Harbor series, this is one of my favorites.

Overall this is worth four stars.