Written by Rosie Green⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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I should firstly like to thank the author, Rosie Green, for a free digital copy of her latest publication, A Summer of Surprises, Little Duck Pond Café, to read for my review, and Rachel, of Rachel's Random Reads, for the invitation to join this tour.
I have been reading this series since my first Rosie Green blog tour for A Bakery at the Little Duck Pond Café back in 2019 and was delighted to be invited to review another in the series.
I have been reading this series since my first Rosie Green blog tour for A Bakery at the Little Duck Pond Café back in 2019 and was delighted to be invited to review another in the series.
The blurb:
When Ruby Watkiss lands a job at the True Loaf Bakery, she feels as if the sun has finally come out. Having been through a traumatic time that wrecked her confidence levels, it’s a joy to be working for Ellie, and now all Ruby wants is to lead a quiet life and support her mum in getting the help she needs.
But life, it seems, has other plans for Ruby.
Working alongside the bafflingly rude Hudson Holmes would be bad enough – but then odd things start happening. It seems that someone is out to sabotage the café and bakery, and to her horror, Ruby finds the finger pointing at her.
Desperate to prove her innocence, she teams up with the most unlikely person in order to get to the bottom of what’s going on. Tailing suspects and hiding in bushes isn’t something she ever imagined she’d be doing, although her partner in mystery-solving seems the perfect man for the job. Can they clear Ruby’s name by discovering the real culprit?
With all the drama afoot, at least there’s no time for romance. Because that’s the very last thing on Ruby’s mind these days. Or is it…?
Short Story
Romance
Humour
My thoughts:
I loved this story. I thought it was the best yet. I have been taken with the setting of Sunnybrook, the genuinely nice characters that have appeared in the stories to-date, and the real-life situations which have cropped up and have been successfully managed or overcome. It really is a fabulous, uplifting, easy reading series that leaves me feeling positive, and with a smile on my face.
But this one adds something else. It's a romcom wrapped up in a cosy mystery. Ellie at the bakery is being targeted by someone who wants to put her out of business. Ruby Watkiss, a recently hired-then-sacked member of staff, is the prime suspect - and for good reason. However, the acts that are being perpetrated against Ellie, are not of Ruby's doing, and Ruby sets out with the help of Hudson Holmes to unmask the true culprit.
I really enjoyed analysing the clues with Ruby and Hudson, which was a bonus I was not expecting. I would recommend A Summer of Surprises, Little Duck Pond Café to readers who love a cosy mystery. I would say it could be read as a standalone because it is Ruby's story, a new character to this series, and does not rely on the reader knowing lots of things about the other regular characters to make it work.
Loved it!
| 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. Her series of novellas is centred around life in a village café. The latest, ‘Sweet Pastries & Sourdough', is out now. Look out for more Little Duck Pond Café tales in 2021! |
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