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Summer at the Little Duck Pond Cafe- Rosie Green
Jaz has been thrown out by Grant going so far as to leave her a packed suitcase on the
lawn when she returned home from shopping on Christmas eve all because she said
she was falling out of love with hi the day before having discovered he is back
gambling. She now has to find not only somewhere to live but a way of staying in
contact with Titch, Grant’s daughter whom she got on with so well. She has some
savings and starts to do exercise classes to boost her finances but needs something
more. One thing leads to another and Jaz is not only waitressing a the cafe but also
as a tour guide around a local stately home and being called Georginia as part of
the bargain. This is one of those nice summer reads that you smile at without
knowing it and hence you feel good. This is part two of a series of three but happily
stands alone. Larger than life characters such as “Mr Darcy” entering the lake
which you can’t help but smile at (whilst imaging it- or at least trying to!) ,
a little romance, cake and animals- you can’t really go wrong!
An uplifting, highly enjoyable read.
For more reviews please see my blog http://nickibookblog.blogspot.co.uk/
or follow me on Twitter @nickijmurphy1

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Summer at The Little Duck Pond Café Jaz Winters stuck a pin in a map and fled to the village of Sunnybrook, looking for a brand
new life – and after a rocky start, it’s beginning to look as if she made the right decision.
Her blossoming friendship with Ellie and Fen has seen her through some dark times,
and she’s managed to land two jobs – waitress at The Little Duck Pond Café and working
as a weekend tour guide at Brambleberry Manor, the country house that’s been in
Fen’s family for generations. Sure, life isn’t totally perfect. There’s the irritating know-it-all guy who keeps
popping up on her manor tours, for a start. He seems determined to get under
Jaz’s skin whether she likes it or not. But she supposes it’s a small price to pay for
the relative peace she’s found, living in Sunnybrook. But just as Jaz is beginning to think rosier times are on the horizon, a shock
encounter looks set to shatter her fragile happiness. Will she be forced to flee from Sunnybrook and everyone she’s grown so fond
of? Or will she find the strength to stand her ground and finally face up to the
nightmares of the past?
This novella is part of a trilogy:
Spring at The Little Duck Pond Café Summer at The Little Duck Pond Café Winter at The Little Duck Pond Café
Purchase from Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Little-Duck-Pond-Cafe-ebook/dp/B07C5CL9XF/
Author Bio Rosie Green 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 brand new series of novellas is centred on life in a village café. Summer
at The Little Duck Pond Café, published on 18th June 2018, follows the first in the
series, Spring at The Little Duck Pond Café.
Twitter - https://twitter.com/Rosie_Green1988

Comments

  1. Whispering Stories14 July 2018 at 19:19

    Lovely review. I enjoyed reading this one too. It does sound like Jaz got a lucky escape from her ex partner. Pity about Titch.

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