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Shared Secrets for the Home Front Nurses by Rachel Brimble #Review #HomeFrontNurses

  It is now 1943 and we follow the lives of the Home Front Nurses as they cope with the effects of the Second World War. Shared Secrets for the Home Front Nurses by Rachel Brimble is published on February 13th by Boldwood Books .     ‘Come on, Kathy… tell me a secret.’ 1943: Becoming a Home Front nurse, meant Kathy Scott was finally able to escape the violence of her childhood. At long last, her life has taken a turn for the better. Particularly because, for the very first time, she’s made some wonderful friends–fellow nurses Sylvia, Freda and Veronica. Kathy’s known for not being short of a word or two. So nobody’s more surprised than her when she finds herself tongue-tied around Freda’s handsome brother, James – who’s home from war with an unexplained injury.   My Thoughts   The story of the Home Front Nurses continues into 1943 and Freda's ambition to nurse abroad gets ever closer. Her brother ,James, returns from the war having had a traumatic experi...

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 Pond Cafe, The Little Duckling cafe opens at the Dance School and offers a lifeline to Anika who is at a crisis in her life. Her father lies in a coma after a heroic intervention in a recent robbery.  Life looks up for Anika as she meets up again with an ex- work colleague, Zander. However, doubts creep in for her a she is in for  a shock as some disturbing secrets are revealed. All the usual community feeling and friendships run through the story, enhancing the plot and tying it in to the whole series. As ever, this is a hopeful and warm story in a series which is a great addition to this mammoth series.

In short: love, friendship and secrets abound 

 

About the Author


Rosie Green is the author of the popular Little Duck Pond Café series, set in the fictional vill
age of Sunnybrook. Watch out for more drama and romance in ‘Autumn Wishes & Fireside Kisses’ and ‘A Merry Little Christmas’, which will be published in October and November 2025.


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