Written by Rosie Green⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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I should firstly like to thank Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for the invitation to join the blog tour for Lemon Drizzle Mondays at the Little Duck Pond Café, and Rosie Green, the author, for a free digital copy of her novel to review.
Lemon Drizzle Mondays at the Little Duck Pond Café is the ninth book in the Little Duck Pond series which I have been enjoying for some time now.
Follow the blog tour which runs from 22nd - 31st March, with these bloggers.
Lemon Drizzle Mondays at the Little Duck Pond Café is the ninth book in the Little Duck Pond series which I have been enjoying for some time now.
Follow the blog tour which runs from 22nd - 31st March, with these bloggers.
The blurb:
It haunts her dreams and casts a dark shadow over life with her gorgeous three-year-old daughter, Eva. Arriving in Sunnybrook has given her a glimpse of sunshine.
The Little Duck Pond Cafe crew seem so welcoming and there's even the chance of a new job.
Baking delicious cakes has always taken Molly to a happy place, so the job - at the glorious Brambleberry Manor Cafe - might just be perfect for her.
It would mean she and little Eva could finally put down some roots at last.
But is Sunnybrook the sanctuary Molly is searching for?
Or will the past come back to haunt her, wherever she hides?
Short Stories
Women's Fiction
My thoughts:
Lemon Drizzle Mondays at the Little Duck Pond Café is told in the first person by Molly Hooper, and could be read as a standalone. Some of the other characters I've come to love from this series make brief appearances, but the reader does not need to know their backstory to appreciate this tale.The theme running throughout the story in Lemon Drizzle Mondays at the Little Duck Pond Café is one of kindness and the rewards it can bring. Molly sees two women who have been at odds with each other for decades; when one offers to drive the other to visit her family, they put aside old quarrels and enjoy a new friendship.
Molly is a single parent struggling with her finances. She is budgeting really tightly, trying to manage her small income. Her daughter Eva is nearly four years old, and hopeful of a birthday party like all her friends have had. Molly will do her best, but worries it's not enough. Fortunately Molly has lovely friends who host a unique party for Eva and some of her friends at the Little Duck Pond Café. Eva could not be happier and Molly counts her blessings in terms of her friends.
There is a darker side, however. Molly herself is having trouble with her landlord, Jaxon Savidge. He believes himself to be in a position of power over Molly because he is renting her a flat. He sees nothing wrong with letting himself into her flat, even though she might not want him there. He is expecting a 'reward' for letting Molly have the flat at a reduced rate. And it would be a reduced rate if the flat were of a good standard and everything was legal and above board. The reality is that the flat is substandard, there is no documentation to back up the rental agreement, and all transactions are in cash. He doubles the rent overnight in a bid to tighten his grip on Molly.
Madison, who I have loved to loathe in previous stories, overhears Molly telling Carrie about her situation and Jaxon's behaviour. Determined to teach him a lesson, Madison potentially puts herself in harm's way, which has Molly racing to save her.
There is also a love interest for Molly in the shape of Matt Hardacre, the owner of the book-binder shop on the Brambleberry Manor Estate.
However, all's well that ends well in this slightly more gritty, and probably my favourite Little Duck Pond Café story to-date.
| Author Bio – Rosie Green |
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 Rosie has been scribbling stories ever since she was little. Back then, they were rip-roaring adventure tales with a young heroine in perilous danger of falling off a cliff or being tied up by 'the baddies'. Thankfully, Rosie has moved on somewhat, and now much prefers to write romantic comedies that melt your heart and make you smile, with really not much perilous danger involved at all - unless you count the heroine losing her heart in love. Rosie's series of novellas is centred around life in a village cafe. The latest, ‘A Winter Wedding at the Little Duck Pond Cafe', is out now. Rosie has also written a full-length, standalone book, 'Snowflakes over Moondance Cottage', out now. Follow Rosie on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Rosie_Green1988 |
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