Written by Rosie Green

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Published by	Independently Published (1st Oct 2021)
Genre	Romantic Comedy
Pages	130
ASIN	B097GZTNBR

I should firstly like to thank the author, Rosie Green, for a free digital copy of her latest novel in The Little Duck Pond Café series to review, and say that I'm absolutely delighted to be on the blog tour for The Wedding Cake Wish, Little Duck Pond Café organised by Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources.

The blurb:

Wedding excitement is in the air! With their big day approaching, Fen has her heart set on a gorgeous, intimate celebration with not much fuss at all.

But strong-minded mother-of-the-bride Marjery seems to have considerably grander plans.

There's also the small problem of a missing best man, and when Fen tasks Hudson Holmes and Ruby Watkiss with the job of tracking him down, their investigations unearth far more secrets than they bargained for.

Will the Big Day go ahead in the light of such dramatic revelations?

Can a wedding cake wish save the day?

One thing's for sure – this will definitely be a wedding to remember!

Cosy Mystery Romcom

My thoughts:

I absolutely loved the previous book in this series, A Summer of Surprises, and was very excited to read the blurb and find that Ruby and Hudson feature strongly in this novel too.

This story, which can be read as a standalone, begins a few weeks before Fen and Rob's wedding. The action takes place away from the Little Duck Pond Café and alternates between Ruby and Fen's stories, with each narrating their own side.

Fen is concerned that the wedding which has been arranged is not at all what she had hoped for, but tells herself that she is happy to go along with it to please her mother, Marjery. However, when the best man, Rory, goes missing, and Rob seems to cool, Fen thinks he’s changed his mind about getting married. So the poor girl has quite a bit to worry about. Hoping that finding Rory will help to get her and Rob back on track, she asks Ruby and Hudson to find him. Their sleuthing uncovers some long-buried, and shocking secrets.

Ruby is attracted to Hudson, but keeps telling herself that he would not be interested in her. Hudson is saying nothing, but they do work very well together on so many levels. And that’s when the fly in the ointment, Amelia, turns up. Oh! I did not like her from the moment she appeared, but only half guessed what she was about.

I loved this cosy mystery wrapped up in a romcom mix of genres, which the author tells us at the end of the story is part of a trilogy. So I’m now very much looking forward to Book 18 in the Little Duck Pond Café series, Snow Falls Over Sunnybrook which is out in November.

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Author Bio – Rosie Green
Rosie’s series of novellas is centred around life in a village cafe. The latest, ‘A Summer of Surprises', is out now. Look out for ‘Snow Falls over Sunnybrook’, a heart-warming Christmas delight, out in November 2021. As snow drifts down over the village, will romance finally blossom for one very special pair? Follow Rosie on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Rosie_Green88