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Teacakes and Tamgos by Rosie Green #Review #LittleDuckPondCafeBook41

  Welcome to Book 41 in the Little Duck Pond Cafe series! Teacakes and Tangos  is the latest novella by Rosie Green.   Clara’s dance school is finally open, much to the excitement of the residents of Sunnybrook. The stress-busting, lights-off ‘Dancing in the Dark’ sessions are a big hit with the Little Duck Pond Café girls. But when the school is threatened with closure, will Clara’s dream be over before it’s even begun? Love is in the air for new recruit Anika, but could her dreams of romance be about to turn sour, too? My Thoughts In this latest visit to Sunnybrook, we take up Clara's story again as she prepares to open her long wished for Dance School. However, she begins to wonder whether her trusting nature has been abused as suspicion falls on her sisteras to her motives and doubts are raised in her engagement. You are willing her to sort out her personal life and take a stand  in a wish for the truth.     The latest off shoot of the Little Duck P...

A Wish for Jinnie by Audrey Davis #Review


 A Wish for Jinnie was published on 22nd June by Tanzanite Books. It is not your usual romcom!
 
What if wishes really could come true?
When Jinnie Cooper is dumped by her fiancé, and exiled to a job in an antiques shop in a sleepy Scottish village, little does she know a battered old lamp is about to shake up her life. 

Genie Dhassim grants wishes. But he also wants a few of his own to come true. Letting him explore the outside world proves nerve-wracking as Dhassim has an uncanny knack of putting his pointy-slippered foot in it.
As Jinnie grows closer to her employer Sam, Dhassim discovers his time on earth is running out. 

Can both Jinnie and Dhassim find true happiness? Or are those wishes that cannot be granted?


My Thoughts

Once I had realised that there is more than a touch of magical realism in this romcom and that in essence, it is like a fairy tale, I was able to suspend belief and go with the flow! Jinnie is a lovely central character. She is full of life and you feel for her as she tries to rebuild her life. She always has your sympathy. However, there is more to this book than her story and you soon meet up with some interesting characters, all with their own story to tell.

    Set in a friendly little village outside Edinburgh, you see Jinnie settle in to the daily life. Not everyone has a chocolate box life and there are some sad moments, especially around Ken's homelife. Of course, Jinnie's gran is probably the most amusing. If you are looking for a read which will entertain and be full of fun, look no further.

In short: Be careful what you wish for... 
About the Author

 
Audrey Davis is a Scottish-born former journalist, now resident in Switzerland. Her newspaper career saw her cover events in Northern Ireland and the Falkland Islands, as well as working for a London-based movie magazine writing reviews and carrying out interviews.
She self-published her debut romantic comedy novel A Clean Sweep in June 2017, following an online Open University course in Writing Fiction. 

Audrey followed up with a short, darker prequel A Clean Break before beginning work on a rom-com novella trilogy with a ghostly twist – The Haunting of Hattie Hastings. Again, reviews across the board were excellent, and it was combined into a standalone novel in November 2018.

A Wish For Jinnie is her third standalone novel.

Apart from writing, Audrey enjoys travel and spends a lot of time in Edinburgh. She is an avid cook, watcher of scary movies and reluctant gym-goer.

You can follow Audrey here: Twitter   |  Facebook   |  Instagram   | 
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  Book links: Amazon UK  |  Amazon US

Thanks to Audrey Davis and her publishers and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources   for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.

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