Although I love a Christmas read, even I would be sceptical about reading a book with this title in what is essentially the height of summer, were it not for the fact that this is a Rosie Green book, and one from the incredible Little Duck Pond cafe series, so I had high hopes it would not disappoint.
Blurb:
Mackenzie Morris, newest recruit at the Little Duck Pond Café, is the perfect addition to the team. But beneath her smiles, Kenzie is hiding a dark secret. It’s the reason she fled to Sunnybrook, desperate for a fresh start that would help to lay the ghosts that haunt her.
The challenge of turning her hobby into a business is a welcome distraction, and to her relief, she finds that her range of quirky pottery mugs and vases appear to be in demand. Alone and scared when she arrived, she’s slowly making friends and starting to feel as if she belongs. Meeting a lovely guy called Aidan seems to confirm this and it looks as if love might be on the horizon.
But then Kenzie makes a devastating discovery that threatens to crush her new-found happiness. Aidan is the one person she yearns to confide in. He’s also the one person who can never know the truth . . .
My thoughts:
This series just gets better and better with each book. Though I confess I haven’t read all of them, I’m pretty certain I’ve read about 13 or 14 of them now, and I have adored each and every one.
Each installment carries its own merit as a stand alone story, and to be honest if you’re coming to this delightful series as a new reader or with fresh eyes, I’m even a little envious as it is utterly brilliant.
In this book, we meet Kenzie, the newest staff recruit at the wonderful Little Duck Pond Cafe. I loved her as a character – loyal, moral and hard-working. In this book, Rosie reeally delves into Kenzie’s past in so much detail that it basically becomes a sub plot. I was completely gripped by both the present day story, which had elements of romance, but was not without its difficulty, and the heart-rendering and quite traumatic story of Kenzie’s past.
I was unsurprised to read that Rosie shed a few tears writing this book, as it is very emotional at times, and maybe this is because it hit close to home, but it felt very raw and real.
Overall, a dramatic and gripping story about freindship, romance, secrecy, and putting the past behind you. Once again an unputdownable read. My heart is breaking a little that we are almost at the end of the series! Highly recommend this book and author to fans of Heidi Swain, Holly Martin and Milly Johnson.
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