A Song For Another Day by Maria Imbalzano
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Genre: Contemporary, Romance
Rating: 3 stars
Reviewed by Fern

Gigi Jenson, an up-and-coming Broadway star, finds herself in Willow Springs, Vermont, for the summer as director of their first annual community revue. This sleepy town is worlds away from her vibrant and beloved New York City, but the experience she’ll gain will be invaluable to her career.
Jason Simmons has lived in Willow Springs his entire life. Working several jobs while writing music, he yearns for a contract to record his songs. The one chance he had to make it in Nashville he blew due to stage fright.
When Jason volunteers to help Gigi with the revue, sparks ignite but their dreams are taking them in different directions. Could their love for each other guide them to the same path?

Gigi decides a change of pace is needed when she struggles to find her dreams in New York City. Taking a position to direct a community review in a tiny village in Vermont might have been a bigger change of pace than she’d reckoned with. Jason had blown his one chance at the big time – but in his own way he was happy with his small village and his regular slot singing and playing at the local pub. He has no intention of signing up for Gigi’s revue, but when Gigi’s strict rules and stricter suits set a few people on edge he can’t help himself and tries to give her advice on how to fit in with their small town better.

I found it a really odd experience to not really like Gigi’s character from fairly early on in this story. Sure, she’s a modern, upwardly mobile and sassy-as-heck New York lady – but her culture shock at arriving in a small country town in rural Vermont had me seriously struggling to find her appealing. I’m not sure why Gigi accepted a job in such a small town without at least Googling her new, albeit temporary, home. It was surprising to me, therefore, just how strong Gigi’s shock and disappointment was at there being no museums, no boutiques or nightlife or anything Gigi considered absolutely essential. The strength of her dislike of the small village didn’t make me chuckle and empathise with her, on the contrary her attitude and faint disdain made Gigi come across to me as snobby and a little bit bitchy – so it was a hard beginning to what ended up thankfully being such a warm and enjoyable story.
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I was exceedingly grateful, when Gigi managed to swallow her arrogance, lower her lofty New York expectations and relax, letting the small village and all the local characters charm her. I enjoyed the story – and Gigi herself – a lot more when she wasn’t comparing every little thing unfavourably to her regular life in one of the world’s largest, richest and busiest cities and simply enjoyed this time and small town as it was.

In stark contrast to my slow-growing-warmth towards Gigi – I totally loved Jason’s character almost immediately. While he didn’t fall in insta-lust with Gigi – for which I was completely grateful – his attraction to her was quick and he tried to stifle it, knowing she was a Big City girl and was only passing through. I adored how even though Jason was attracted to Gigi he kept his feeling to himself, and offered her advice and help on how to better integrate with the other people in town and make the revue a success. I normally wouldn’t want a hero and main character to hide his feelings in this way – but Gigi absolutely wasn’t ready for any kind of emotional connection or relationship for quite a way into the story and Jason deserved so much better than she could have initially given him. This made his growing attraction and his keeping it to himself completely acceptable and even commendable to my mind.

While the plot of the community revue was solid right throughout the novel, there was also the really strong plots surrounding both Jason and Gigi’s careers. This book was exceptionally well plotted and I loved how the author wove all these parts together throughout the whole story. Gigi is about to make her big break on Broadway and Jason finds himself finally ready to reach for and embrace his music career. I was glad Gigi was completely up front from the beginning with her priorities and plans – she didn’t lead Jason on or give him false hope that she had any desire to stay in this small town, but while I loved this brutal honesty from a plot perspective it dimmed my attraction and attachment to the relationship growing between Gigi and Jason.

I found it hard to invest in them as a couple when it was so clear Gigi had her eyes firmly on her career and progressing as far as she could as fast as possible and while I believed she truly cared for Jason she wanted her career first and foremost and not him. I have to give Gigi major kudos for knowing her own mind and not lying or deceiving Jason – intentionally or not – but I really struggled to get on board with Jason and Gigi as a couple and couldn’t feel overly enthusiastic about their romance when there was so clearly an “expiration date” on it and Gigi always had one foot out the door. Without giving anything too much away this story does have a solid Happily Ever After ending and the romance between Gigi and Jason gets sorted out and full closure – but much of this happens in the final few pages. While all the answers were given and the explanations were there – I truly felt the relationship between Gigi and Jason was merely “fixed” so it gave a Happy Ever After and it didn’t *feel* as if their problems and blockages were resolved. Because of this I feel strongly that some readers will struggle with the romance aspect to this story just like I did. Without time and exposure to how and why Gigi and Jason made their relationship work and how they got there it was difficult to believe in it – just being told “this happened and now they’re all right” didn’t cut it for me, personally.

The plot, the characters and the small town were all well written and well handled to my mind – but for a romance story I feel that in a number of ways the actual romance between Gigi and Jason just didn’t work for me and that was a shame since I enjoyed much of the rest of the story.

Realistic – often brutally so – and with a few well-paced and well-written plots this is an interesting full length story. Readers looking for an intense emotional and romantic connection might not find this story fully satisfies them, but readers who enjoy small-town stories with many interesting characters and a tight plot should find themselves enjoying this story.

Praline For My Rival by JJ Keller
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Genre: Contemporary, Romance
Rating: 3.5 stars
Reviewed by Fern

Jenn left the intelligence game behind to sell a delicious dessert using her family’s magical age-old recipe. As the sole ice cream vendor in the food truck arena, success is hers until the hot, new ice cream guy arrives threatening to melt her competitive nature as he heats emotions she thought were dead.

Former Navy SEAL, James “Camp” McLeod returns home wanting to bring joy to people. The perfect solution–making ice cream cones. Who doesn’t like ice cream? But what he really wants is to forget his past. Not an easy task…maybe impossible with the mysterious Jenn Beagle and her tantalizing waffle cone distracting him.
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His past and her secrets may prevent the rivals from forging an alliance, but the magic spark is undeniable whenever they mix business with pleasure.

Jenn loved her ice cream food truck and enjoyed summer time the best. Camp had an ice cream truck of his own and was desperate to know how Jenn managed to make her truck so successful financially. Barely breaking even, Camp yearns to make his business a success but just doesn’t see how to could do it. Getting closer to Jenn is the logical solution, but she puts all thoughts of business and finance out of his head when she smiles at him.

I enjoyed this sweet and happy short story. I particularly was pleased that while Jenn and Camp are both fairly happy and simple people externally, they both had baggage and a past and were more complicated as they deepened their relationship. This helped them feel more realistic and relatable to me. While I adore uncomplicated and happy characters, something just clicked when they each showed a more vulnerable side and part hurts. I also really enjoyed the fact that while they each had an ice cream food truck and were in a similar area with similar clients they didn’t let this “rivalry” get in the way of friendship and exploring a deeper and more romantic connection between them. They didn’t perceive each other as annoying competitors or stealing anything, but were happy to let their friendship – and more – blossom and grow and work together. I really loved this happiness and positivity and it made the story really fresh and enjoyable to me.

There was a quick blitz of plot toward the end which I felt injected an interesting hint of surprise into the story, but I couldn’t help but feel it came a little out of left field and felt somewhat rushed to me. This didn’t hurt my enjoyment of the story and while a little puzzling certainly made the adventure of Jenn and Camp coming together and beginning their relationship have a bit more zing than the usual sweet and sugary romance.

Sweet and positive – this was a wonderful “feel good” story and one I really enjoyed. Readers looking for a summery, happy and enjoyable short read should find this totally ticks all the right boxes.

Summer Of Sundaes by Amey Zeigler
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Genre: Contemporary, Romance
Rating: 3.5 stars
Reviewed by Fern

After dropping out a semester short of college graduation, Bailey Madison inherits the management of her family’s struggling ice cream shop in Seward, Alaska. When Kingsley Tours needs her prime location to expand their business into the Last Frontier, Bailey must use her wits and creative ice cream recipes to save her shop.

Usually carefree and self-centered Brahms Kingsley must prove to his father he can buckle down and lead Kingsley Tours as the company grows. But how can he close Bailey’s shop when she still holds a place in his heart?

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I really enjoyed the complexity of both Bailey and Brahms characters, how they had a number of conflicting desires and feelings that made their relationship – and lack thereof – interesting and slightly different from other stories I’ve read. I also really enjoyed how the small town was filled with a cast of very strong and vibrant secondary characters. It made the community feel really involved but also extremely realistic to me and this greatly enhanced my enjoyment of the story.

While I felt the conflict of the story was pretty clichéd – Brahms’ father’s cruise company buying the lease on Bailey’s family’s shop and the friction this causes between them and the big business coming into the small community – I have to admit all the other elements surrounding the story and the genuine affection Brahms felt for Bailey helped round this feeling out. I also really enjoyed the novel idea Bailey had to help float her ice cream store and bring in a lot more traffic.

I love how the author gave plenty of time and space for Brahms and Bailey to connect and become emotionally involved with each other, with the support of the numerous town folk as well and the friction of Brahms’ father’s new business there was plenty of plot and action pushing the pace of this story along so it was lovely to see Bailey and Brahms taking their time and connecting together a bit more slowly.

Sweet and good this was a lovely story and one I enjoyed.