But I Smile Anyway…

Another blog tour post from me, today, introducing The Pop-Up Cake Shop by Rosie Green!

The Blurb

Ellie is planning to bring Little Duck Pond Café cakes to the surrounding villages with her Travelling Cake Van! But as she’s ‘expecting’ to make a rather more personal delivery of her own very soon, will Katja be the one to get behind the wheel of this fabulously mouth-watering journey into the countryside?

My Review

The Pop-Up Cake Shop by Rosie Green
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I’ll admit to not having read any of the other Little Duck Pond Cafe books, but after reading this one, I think I will be visiting again soon, to catch up!
The Pop-Up Cake Shop can be easily read as a standalone.
I loved this story which centred around Katya, a woman who finds herself single, after discovering that her partner is not the faithful man she believed.
Ellie, her heavily pregnant boss and friend, brings her aboard on a new venture, a travelling cake van, where customers can buy lovely fresh cakes at reduced prices, to stop wastage from some of the local food businesses.
Along the way, she meets some interesting people including several new singletons, and they form a little group.
An early encounter with a stubborn bulldozer driver, Ivan, and his foreman boss, Caleb turns into something more, as the weeks pass by, and the visits to the surrounding villages become regular.
I enjoyed meeting lots of characters who I suspect, if I go back to the beginning of the series, I would learn a lot about, but I was especially glad that Katya got the ending she deserved!

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About The Author

Author Bio – Rosie’s series of novellas is centred around life in a country village cafe. Look out for DAYDREAMS & DOUGHNUT CAKE, out in June 2025, and TEACAKES AND TANGOS, which will be published in August 2025!

Follow Rosie on Twitter – https://twitter.com/Rosie_Green88