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A Summer of Surprises by Rosie Green (Little Duck Pond Cafe #16) | Review

A book blog tour from Rachel’s Random Resources.

Thank you to the author, publisher, & Rachel for providing me the information for this tour.

A Summer of Surprises by Rosie Green (Little Duck Pond Cafe 16 | Review

A Summer of Surprises by Rosie Green
Series: Little Duck Pond #16
Published by Independent on June 30, 2021
Genres: Amateur Sleuth, Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Humorous, Romantic Comedy
Format: eBook
Pages: 209

When Ruby Watkiss lands a job at the True Loaf Bakery, she feels as if the sun has finally come out. Having been through a traumatic time, it’s a joy to be working for Ellie, and now all Ruby wants is to lead a quiet life and support her mum in getting the help she needs.

But life, it seems, has other plans for Ruby. Working alongside the bafflingly rude Hudson Holmes would be bad enough – but then odd things start happening. It seems that someone is out to sabotage the café and bakery, and to her horror, Ruby finds the finger pointing at her.

Desperate to prove her innocence, she teams up with the most unlikely person in order to get to the bottom of what’s going on. Tailing suspects and hiding in bushes isn’t something she ever imagined she’d be doing, although her partner in mystery-solving seems the perfect man for the job. Can they clear Ruby’s name by discovering the real culprit?

With all the drama afoot, at least there’s no time for romance. Because that’s the very last thing on Ruby’s mind these days. Or is it…?

Source: Amazon Purchase, Rachel's Random Resources, Received from the author or publisher for review.

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My thoughts on A Summer of Surprises

A Summer of Surprises is entertaining, funny, heart-warming, and a delightful story to read. If you expect the series to become stale by book sixteen, you will be sadly mistaken. It’s the perfect cozy mystery I’ve come to expect from Rosie Green.

In this tale, we meet Ruby and Hudson, who team up to solve the mysterious happenings at the Little Duck Pond Cafe. Several of my favorite characters are in the cast of this story. I’ve come to feel like I know them personally.

There are mysteries galore in this book. Some are long-held secrets from the past, and others are current troubles plaguing the residents of our favorite little English town.

I enjoyed this fast-paced tale of families trying to overcome life’s obstacles. The new amateur detective duo of Holmes and Watkiss have great chemistry, and I look forward to their next mystery in this series.

While this is a later book in the series, you can easily read it as a stand-alone. But once you’ve finished it, I bet you find yourself reading more of the series. I know I will be.

I received a copy of the book for the tour. This review is my honest, unbiased opinion.

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About Rosie Green

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 Little Duck Pond Cafe series of novellas is centred around life in a village cafe. Each book can be read as a stand-alone story. The latest, 'Sweet Pastries & Sourdough', is out now. Watch out for 'A Summer of Surprises', coming soon!

Rosie has also written a full-length, stand-alone book, 'Snowflakes over Moondance Cottage', a heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting tale filled with the joy of the season.

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