Secrets and Tea at Rosie Lee's by Jane Lacey-Crane
Published: May 1st 2018
Publisher: Aria
Pages: 484
Available in Paperback and on Kindle
Rating: 5/5
Blurb
Welcome to Rosie Lee's cafe in the heart of the East
End - where there's not an avocado, slice of sour dough or double-shot no-foam
soy milk caramel latte on the menu!
Rosie-Lee's
owner Abby is a woman without a plan....and her beloved little cafe is a
business with a serious lack of customers. The Rosie Lee's fry-up is legendary,
but cooked breakfasts alone - however perfectly sizzled the bacon - aren't
going to pay the bills.
Fast
approaching forty and fighting a serious case of empty nest syndrome, Abby
realises it's not just her menu that needs a makeover. And when Jack Chance,
her The One That Got Away, saunters through the cafe doors and back into her
life things definitely look set to change...
Abby
has always believed a cup of strong builders tea makes everything better, but
Jack's reappearance is a complication even the trusty sausage sarnie can't
resolve....
If you enjoy Debbie Johnson, Jill Mansell and Jane
Fallon, you'll love Secrets & Tea at Rosie Lee's, a frank, funny, feel-good
look at grown-up life and love - as it really happens!
Review
As a debut novel Jane Lacey-Crane has done a great job with
Secrets and Tea at Rosie Lee’s it’s so much more than your average chick-lit
café-based novel. It’s a book which is filled with family secrets, romantic
twists and the criminal world of east end London.
Single mum Abby is struggling to keep her café business in
the east end of London afloat as she competes with the trendier establishments
opening up in the neighbourhood. She’s
happy on her own until one-night Abby runs into Jack Chance her childhood
sweetheart (and the one-that-got-away) and life as she knows it slowly begins
to unravel. As Abby confronts the demons of her past maybe she will get a
second chance at love?
I loved that this book totally shattered my expectations,
quaint and cosy it is not. Abby’s life has been hard and throughout the book
she’s dealt even more trouble which made for excellent reading as it felt more
realistic. I thought she was a good
character but did get a little frustrated with her behaviour towards Jack, it felt
very immature the way she was throwing herself at him one minute and then
shutting him out completely the next. Although perhaps with all she was going
through she didn’t have a clue what she really wanted.
This is a fast-paced book which I raced through as I was
desperate to uncover all the secrets, which just kept coming. I’m very excited
to see what the author comes up with next as I thought this was a brilliant
debut with realistic characters who worked well together throughout the emotional
journey Abby and her family face.
Thank you to Aria for sending me a copy to review and inviting
me to be part of the blog tour.
About the Author
Born in London, Jane's writing career began in cable
TV, writing true crime documentaries. More recently, Jane has contributed to an
anthology of short stories and written two weekly crime serials. When she's not
writing, Jane loves to read good books, binge watch TV boxsets and drink tea.
And wine.
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