The Sweet Life (Cape Cod Creamery #1) Suzanne Woods Fisher. 2022. [May] 308 pages. [Source: Library]
First sentence: Dawn parked in front of her childhood home in Needham but couldn't make herself get out of the car. For this brief moment, the terrible news belonged only to her. As soon as she told someone, especially her mom, it would make it somehow more real. More true. Maybe it wasn't real.
Premise/plot: The Sweet Life follows a mother and daughter--Dawn and Marnie Dixon. Marnie has recently gone through treatments for breast cancer; Dawn has recently been left at the altar--well, almost. These two set out on the paid-for-and-can't-be-refunded honeymoon. What neither expected was to fall in love with their destination. Marnie decides to make the ultimate, ultimate leap of faith and BUY an ice cream shop in the historic district. Dawn is flustered--very. How could her mom be so reckless and spontaneous? Yet she agrees to help support her mom. If the shop can make a success of it between memorial day and labor day, then all is well and good...but if it's not it's time to step back and reconsider. Dawn loves to make ice cream--it was a hobby she shared with her dad (who recently died). The narrative alternates between the two women.
My thoughts: I really LOVED this one so much more than I expected. I don't typically read contemporary romances. And to be fair, this isn't so much a romance as it is women's fiction. Both Dawn and Marnie have some growing to do in their lives. And they have to learn how to best support one another in a loving, caring, forgiving way. There are a couple of guys in the picture...but never stealing the show from the main thing. I definitely want to keep reading this series.
1 comment:
I loved this one too. I appreciated that it wasn't a romance, but rather a story about a mother and daughter. I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.
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