We confess that we picked this novella up only because of its winsome cover.
Beth Carmichael is a nurse and a leaf-raking-procrastinator. She is in the midst of trying-but-failing to rake the many, many leaves in her garden when her new next door neighbour, Bridget Dobbins, comes across with a ‘hello, I’m new to the neighbourhood’ pie. Beth learns that Bridget has three daughters and assumes that there is a husband also in the background. When she returns the ‘hello’ pie with goodies from McDonalds, she becomes wise to the fact the Bridget is in fact single and gay and the daughters are all adopted.
Bridget takes the initiative to get to know Beth better and explore their initial attraction further.
Beth and Bridget are both likeable ladies. The kids (alas, too little page time spent n them) are so cute. (Honestly, with the title and the cover, we’d anticipated much more of the girls). There are some good, funny dialogues and situations at the start but then it all settles into an even-paced, simple, non-angsty read.
There is really little (or nothing) to find fault with in this one, but then, on the other hand, there is no much t rave about either.
A good enough short, Halloween read.
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