A Bakery at the Little Duck Pond Café by Rosie Green
Genre: Short Stories
153 pages
Book Description:
Ellie's dreams of opening a bakery in Sunnybrook are coming true and best friends Fen and Jaz are happily rallying round, helping her to plan a fabulous grand opening day. Everything in their garden seems to be rosy - until the arrival of a newcomer brings chaos to the village and tests relationships to the limit. Can the bakery succeed in the face of such upheaval? And more importantly, can firm friendships survive?
My Review:
I absolutely adore this series of novellas set in the little village of Sunnybrook and was really pleased when this latest instalment was announced.
Ellie we have met before and she's set her heart on opening a bakery next door to her existing business, the Little Duck Pond Café. Best friend Fen has been a godsend in helping her set this up and is running it pretty much single-handedly which is taking its toll as she can't be baking and serving in the shop at the same time. So Ellie advertises for a baker to help Fen with the every day tasks of the bakery.
This is where the character of Katja comes in - or Kate as she becomes in her half-hearted application for the job. Her grandmother is determined to get Katja's life back on track following a recent heartbreak, and sends in Katja's application form; one which she had intended for the bin. Nobody is more surprised than Katja herself when Ellie gets in touch to offer her an interview.
We follow the ups and downs of village life as Kate and her gregarious competitor for the job, Madison settle in. Madison is not the easiest to live with, and Kate's hopes of a quiet life at the bakery are shattered when she realises that she has to house share with her feisty colleague. With her dubious identity rumbled, will Madison spill the beans to Ellie out of pure spite to beat Kate to the job or can the two young women work together to make the budding business a success for their boss Ellie?
I found this book equally as enjoyable as the previous instalments, although there seemed much less going on this and it did feel like a traditional short story unlike some of the busier books.
The prospect of another instalment coming soon means we won't have too long to wait to find out how the residents of Sunnybrook are getting along.
Pre-order Links
US - https://www.amazon.com/Bakery-Little-Duck-Pond-Cafe-ebook/dp/B07MLF2N6T
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 on life in a village café. Confetti
at the Little Duck Pond Cafe will be the sixth in the series
Twitter - https://twitter.com/Rosie_Green1988
Breaking
News - Coming Soon – Confetti at the Little Duck Pond Café
With Ellie and Zak’s Big Day on the horizon, the sun is shining brightly on the Little Duck Pond Café community. But as dark clouds begin to roll in, threatening more than one close relationship, will the wedding of the year take place at all?
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published and available for purchase - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosie-Green/e/B07CZYV7DW
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