The Memory of You by Samantha Tonge

From Goodreads

A gorgeously uplifting story about memories, storytelling, love and friendship, about the journeys we take and the people we meet, what we remember and how there are some things we can never forget. Alex would like to believe she’s a woman who has it all. Or that’s what she tells everyone, including herself. But this is far from true. Actually she’s on the cusp of losing her home, her dream career as a writer is in tatters, her ex won’t speak to her, and her mother’s gone forever. But then a chance meeting with a stranger named Hope gives her the opportunity of a lifetime, when Hope jokes that perhaps Alex should take over her job in a cafe while she goes travelling. Just at that moment, it sounds like the answer to all her problems. So Alex persuades Hope to let her step into her shoes for a month. She brushes away Hope’s attempts to explain about the café, instead demanding to know more about the owner Tom . But she should have asked to know more. Because the ‘Wrong Order Café’ isn’t like anywhere she’s ever been before. And Alex’s life is about to change forever…

My thoughts

I grabbed a copy of this from Kindle Unlimited. I have read and enjoyed books by this author before and this was another that I enjoyed.  This is a gentle romance, that you can escape into away from your day to day life.  The author has a way of drawing the reader into the lives of the characters and all their troubles.  

When Alex meets Hope a stranger who unexpectedly offers her a job that will allow her to escape from day to day life, that's causing her lots of issues both emotionally and financially.  It doesn't take too much persuasion from Alex to let Hope allow her to take the job and make the change that might just be the answer to some of her problems.  What Alex doesn't realise, is that this job may not be like any other that she has had before.  It's based in a cafe, but this cafe is unusual and is unlike many cafes, she doesn't let Hope explain about how things work.  What Alex doesn't realise is that things may never be the same again once she has stepped into her new job.

To find out what happens to the customers, Ales and the other staff in the 'Wrong Order Cafe', you will need to grab a copy of this book and settle down somewhere nice and comfy to immerse yourself among the pages.