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Winter Wishes for the Home Front Nurses by Rachel Brimble #Review

  In the midst of the Second World War we follow the lives of the Home Front Nurses. Winter Wishes for the Home Front Nurses by Rachel Brimble was published on August 4th by Boldwood Books .  Winter, 1942. Secrets abound for the Home Front Nurses, but will one of them be able to tell the truth about her past before Christmas? As the weather turns cold, and the war rages on, Veronica Campbell finds herself loving her job as a home front nurse more than ever. She’s spending time with her beloved best friends Sylvia and Freda, as well as assisting on life-saving operations with her fellow nurse Betty Wilson, and feeling valued and happy. But at home, she wishes things were different. Because even cosied up by the fireside of her lovely little house, there’s a man who lives on her street. Someone she’d once thought she could trust, who – five years ago – had violently attacked her. His threats to her remain, but she’s been terrified into silence. But everything changes ...
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A Kiss Under the Stars by Rosie Green #Review #LittleDuckPondCafeBook29

 

I am delighted that it is time for another visit to the Little Duck Pond Cafe for another novella by Rosie Green. A Kiss Under The Stars is number 29 in the series!

Lottie Fanshawe has become an expert over the years at banishing dark memories of the past – but now, the time has come to sell Sycamore House, her old family home, which she walked away from a decade ago. With beloved brother Dylan now a missing person – a victim of their past – there's only Lottie left to organise the sale. Being back in Sunnybrook is the last thing she needs, and her plan is to get in and out as speedily as possible. But finding a welcome at the Little Duck Pond Cafe helps Lottie in more ways than she could have imagined. And then there are her growing feelings for dark-eyed Liam Westerbrook to grapple with . . .


 My Thoughts

I found this latest visit to Sunnybrook to be well up to standard and in some ways, it was one of my favourite of the novellas. I think this was because it felt like we were squarely back in Sunnybrook, in the Little Duck Pond Cafe and meeting many of the original inhabitants once again. Lottie is a great new central character with a difficult background and some family issues still to be resolved. There is an impulsive side to her character but she can admit when she has overreacted. Lottie is trying to move forward with positivity.

    This is a great series of novellas with a real feeling of community and friendship. Despite the fact that this is number 29, it still feels fresh and with potential for more stories. 

In short: family, friendship, romance 


About the Author

Rosie’s series of Little Duck Pond Café novellas is centred around life in a country village cafe. ‘The Lottery Win’ is out now. Look out for ‘A Cosy Cottage Escape’ with a little mystery for Hallowe’en, out in September 2023.

You can read my review of more of this series here:

Spring at the Little Duck Pond Cafe   |  Summer at the Little Duck Pond Cafe |  Christmas at the Little Duck Pond Cafe | A Bakery at the Little Duck Pond Cafe   |  Confetti at the Little Duck Pond Cafe  |  Lemon Drizzle Mondays at the Little Duck Pond Cafe  |  A Cornish Summer Holiday  |  Lucy's Great Escape  |  Sweet Pastries and Sourdough    |  A Summer of Surprises  |  The Wedding Cake Wish  |  Snow Falls over Sunnybrook  |  Chocolate Cake for Breakfast 
 |  Jingle Bells in June    |  Sun, Sea and Strawberry Shortcake
  |  Clara's Secret Garden  | Clara's Christmas Magic |  A Winter's Wish  |  Kind Hearts and Coronets |  The Lottery Win
 
You can follow Rosie here:   Twitter
 
Book link: Amazon UK  |  Amazon US
  

Thanks to Rosie Green and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of the book and a place on the event.  



 

 
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