Today, I am taking part in the blog tour for Rosie Green’s autumnal feel good read, Bonfires and Hot Chocolate at the Little Duck Pond Cafe.
The blurb:
If you love all the colours of autumn, you’re sure to warm to this uplifting story of love, loss and starting over.
Primrose Wilkins arrived in Sunnybrook with a burning desire to find the family she’s never known. But after a heart-breaking false start, she’s beginning to have second thoughts. Can she find the courage to battle on in her quest? And with her romantic life at an all-time low, will meeting the intriguing and attractive Callum Davy be just what she needs to renew her faith in love?
Meanwhile, Fen is also finding it hard to be brave. She’s made it through to the final of TV show ‘Battle of the Bakes’ (thanks to Ellie entering on her behalf), but she’s always shied away from being in the spotlight. How will Fen cope now that she’s a famous ‘celebrity’, recognised in the street everywhere she goes?
Genre: Contemporary Romance / Romantic Comedy / novella
My review:
I love autumn and so I was very happy to see this addition to the Little Duck Pond series. Regular inhabitants of Sunnybrook all get a mention, but this book focuses on the character of Primrose and her continued search for her grandmother. It made for a cosy read on an autumnal evening.
There is a gentle love story that unfolds as Primrose establishes herself within the community, and while there are two possible suitors it soon becomes apparent who is the right choice. As for who Primrose’s grandmother is, Rosie Green does a good job of keeping you guessing until almost the end of the book. But needless to say, you’ll be left feeling as warm and cosy as those who enjoy the bonfire and accompanying hot chocolate!
I have always liked Fen (introduced in earlier books) so I was delighted that this book provided the opportunity to see her character develop further too; discovering who won the battle of the bakes and what happens next for Fen, was a real treat for me.
Bonfires and Hot Chocolate at the Little Duck Pond Cafe could be read as a standalone book, but I think you’ll enjoy the characters and their development more if you follow their stories through the series.
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Check out the entire Little Duck Pond series here.
About the author:
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 around life in a village cafe. The latest, ‘Bonfires & Hot Chocolate at the Little Duck Pond Cafe’, is out now.
Watch out for ‘A Winter Wedding at the Little Duck Pond Cafe’, which will be published Christmas 2019.
Rosie is also writing a full-lengths, standalone book for Christmas 2019, entitled ‘Snowflakes over Moondance Cottage’.
You can find Rosie on Twitter.
Follow the tour here:
Thank you, Rosie, for another great read! Thank you, also to Rachel of Rachel’s Random Resources for the advance copy of Bonfires and Hot Chocolate at the Little Duck Pond Cafe, and for having me along as part of the blog tour.
My reviews are posted on Amazon UK and Goodreads. xx
