Summer at the Dog & Duck by British author Jill Steeples (
Fantastic Fiction) is the 2nd novel in her Dog & Duck series of heartwarming humorous cozy contemporary chick-lit/women's fiction with f/m romantic elements centred around a newly-renovated pub in a little village, this one finding budding relationships growing ever more complicated by family ties, as the titular pub's landlady's obligatory love interest's prodigal younger sister and also his glamorous secret-hiding ex both show up just as the local summer charity ball is getting underway, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Head of Zeus' Aria imprint for digital first publications by newer and translated authors.
We've previously received the 1st novel as a freebie as well:
Christmas at the Dog & Duck
Currently free @
Amazon UK. Price-drop-check linkage for
iTunes UK,
Google Play,
Kobo, if you're feeling optimistic.
Description
The perfect summer read. Continuing the light-hearted, uplifting dramas around the 'The Dog & Duck' pub and the life of its landlady Ellie Browne.
Ellie Browne has found happiness running The Dog and Duck pub in the idyllic village of Little Leyton, and her blossoming romance with tall, handsome property developer, Max Golding, is going swimmingly. With her new best friend, Digby, the black Labrador at her side, life just couldn't be sweeter.
But their peace is shattered when Max's younger sister, Katy, turns up unannounced with a whole heap of attitude. And Max's loyalties are stretched further when his glamorous ex, Sasha, re-appears with her own burgeoning secret.
With the master of the manor preoccupied with the demands of his 'other women', Ellie's forced to consider if she has any role to play in Max's life or in the village of Little Leyton.
Can Ellie get her life and relationship back on track in time for the summer charity ball at Braithwaite Manor?