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The Cornish Cream Tea Bus

The Cornish Cream Tea Bus, August 2019
The Cornish Cream Tea Bus 1
by Cressida McLaughlin

HarperCollins
Featuring: Charlie Quilter
400 pages
ISBN: 0008332185
EAN: 9780008332181
Kindle: B07N64QV9B
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"A cheeky and charming cafe on a bus"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Cornish Cream Tea Bus
Cressida McLaughlin

Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted February 23, 2020

Romance Contemporary | Women's Fiction Contemporary

If you have holidayed in Cornwall, or would like to, this might be the relaxing read for you. Upon inheriting an elderly double decker bus that has been used for giving tours, our brave lady Charlie Quilter makes plans to convert it into THE CORNISH CREAM TEA BUS. Charlie is a baker who enjoys providing the tastiest of filling food, and snacks are perfect for the seaside.

Not all will go smoothly; you saw that coming. From getting stuck in mud to the cost of an overhaul, refit and paint, to the scowl of a snooty hotelier and the indifference of village folks; Charlie has her work cut out for her. But you know, the weather is good, and there are worse projects anyone could undertake. Even if she gives it a year, and it doesn’t take off, she won’t have lost much. Social media publicity costs nothing. And she’ll have regained her self-respect and mended her broken heart – legacies of the relationship she’s just ended. There might even be a new romance ahead… not that she’s looking.

With some memorable scenes and well-written local characters, and all the tips on social media publicity you could need, this cheeky and charming story by Londoner Cressida McLaughlin will win hearts. Just like THE CORNISH CREAM TEA BUS itself.

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SUMMARY

Baking fanatic, Charlie Quilter, inherits a vintage bus in her late uncle’s will and is keen to give it a new lease of life. Charlie thinks it will be the perfect mobile café for afternoon tea, so she heads to the picturesque Cornish village of Porthgolow, hoping for a new start. However, Daniel Harper, the owner of the posh spa up on the hill isn’t very pleased that her bus is parked outside his lovely hotel. Has Charlie’s Cornish dream developed a soggy bottom? Or can she convince Daniel that her bus could take them somewhere wonderful?


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