Jingle Bells in June, Little Duck Pond Café - Rosie Green

 

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 . . .

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My Review:
A series I wait for with baited breath – I always look forward to a return visit to our old friends at the Little Duck Pond Café. Rosie has created such a wonderful array of characters, it’s a pleasure to meet a new character and discover their story.

In this visit to Sunnybrook we meet Mackenzie, and it’s not an exaggeration to say I was hooked from the moment I started reading to the end (in a very short time!) Kenzie’s story is interesting, I was behind her from the start and was hoping all would go well for her, even if she didn’t have the confidence in herself at all.

This story has some serious, deeper plot points that shocked me when revealed but work really well as part of the overall story. Rosie writes with empathy and sensitivity, as always, and it really warmed my heart when everything starts to work out.

Shocks, drama, heart wrenching trauma but still someone finding their place, someone believing in themselves again and finding support in unexpected places.

I don’t want to give anything away for this one but I will add that don’t expect this to be a festive story, the title is clever but isn’t an indication of when this story is set.

Another hit, unputdownable book from Rosie, I will always champion anyone to read this series, I simply love it.

Author Bio:

Rosie’s series of novellas is centred around life in a country village cafe. Look out for ‘Sun, Sea & Strawberry Shortcake’, a sunshine-filled drama full of fun and mystery, out in June 2022 and including the return of character favourites, Ruby and Hudson.

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