[Novel 01] • Marble's Marvels

Marble's Marvels is struggling. Too few customers, poor quality food. Competing with the Italian restaurant across the road doesn’t help either. Kate and Aiden Marble are out of ideas.

Aiden is still struggling to cope after a tragic accident split their village in half two years ago. Kate tries to hold everything together, knowing that unless things change, and soon, they will lose the restaurant.

A chef turns up out of the blue and offers to cook them the best food they've ever tasted in return for a job as sous chef.

When he is appointed, the fortunes of the restaurant miraculously turn around and it seems some of its customers are benefitting too.

Is it a coincidence or is there something magical about their mysterious chef?

What People Are Saying About Marble’s

“An enjoyable magical feel-good story, with a side order of romance.

It’s a hug in a book with a side order of a chocolate fix.

Is it my usual kind of reading material? definitely not, but I got swept along with the magic of it.

A gentle easy read for when your spirits need a lift.

A perfect tale for Christmas. 4*” - Lesley Lloyd

“I was lucky to read this as a BETA read and I loved it. If you are looking for a feel-good book that envelops you in a big hug then look no further. I think we all need a bit of feel-good right now

Briefly, the book centres around a couple, Kate and Aiden, who run what was once a successful restaurant until the death of their son Vinnie, in a car crash. It looks like they will lose their business; until they take on a new chef. Soon their lives, and the lives of those around them, seem to be taking a turn for the better. But how and why?

This really is a lovely read and I would recommend it to anyone who wants a book that takes you to a kinder time and place. 5*” - Lynda Checkley

Duncan Brockwell is also the author of the critically acclaimed crime thriller series, The Met Murder Investigations (No Way Out, Bird of Prey, and Bad Blood), and the psychological thriller, Mr. Invisible. He has also written a heartwarming romance, The Southern Belles under his pseudonym, Katie Simpkins.