"The Sweet Life," by Suzanne Woods Fisher

"The Sweet Life," by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Welcome to summer on Cape Cod--a place where the sweet life just might be possible.

Dawn Dixon can't believe she's on a groomless honeymoon on beautiful Cape Cod . . . with her mother. She was supposed to be here with Kevin, the man she loves. Still, Mom was the right choice. Dawn's heart may have been broken, but Marnie Dixon is in need of mending as well.

But Mom--being Mom--creates a mess when, on a whim, she buys a run-down ice cream shop in the town's tightly regulated historic district with big plans to fix it up. She's never remodeled anything. And she's never even made ice cream!

Dawn knows she has to stay and fix this fiasco. But her mother's money pit ice cream shop may have created a chance for a happy ending . . . one Dawn could never have expected.

This is the perfect summer reading, set by the sea and all about ice cream.  Add in a bit of craziness, a broken heart, and a lot of ups and downs and you're onto a winner.  This book is the first in the "Cape Cod Creamery" series and it's off the a good start.

I think a lot of us can relate to the whole mother/daughter relationship.  Add in that this mother and daughter duo are more or less complete opposites, and that they go into business together; what could possibly go wrong?

The cast of characters in this book were so well thought out and all fitted into the story perfectly. Funnily enough I am not a huge fan of ice cream, but even I thought that all the flavour combinations that Marnie and Dawn came up with was interesting.  It would have been fun to have a couple of recipes included in the back of the book?  I enjoyed the historical preservation part of the story also.

This book does have a more serious side to it and that part of the story was interesting.  I can't say more without giving away the story; but again well worth reading for that aspect as well.

Stars out of 5 : 5 No complaints from me.  A great easy read.  Perfect book for down by the beach.  Looking forward to reading the next book in the series.

"Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.

Available at your favourite bookseller from Revell , a division of Baker Publishing Group".