From mint chocolate chip, to strawberries and cream, there's nothing quite like digging into a frozen dessert when the weather is good. Surrey is home to some fantastic cafes, pubs and restaurants serving dreamy puddings. Then disaster strikes. Will the Valentino family legacy be lost forever? Or can Beca create a new recipe for happiness? Beca Valentino left her childhood home town in West Wales years ago but is now ready to come home. She manages to buy a house she always liked and decides to foster children. When she was young her Italian grandparents owned an ice cream café and Beca's childhood memories are entwined with it so to see it's been taken over and made into a wine bar really niggles at her. A chance situation, her Nonna's old recipes and the help of friends, old and new, see Beca turning her hand to making gelato of her own.

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And, right now, that feel wonderful! Ty Mawr name of house and 'This could be the perfect for children' well learn she has been approved to Foster children she believes under 10. So they can go out and play outside and help tend the animals. The story is fabulous and tells of Beca and the gelateria that her grandparents used to run. The local shop is nothing compared to what it once was, and it is run by someone she doesn't expect to see. Old friends are still around and it is one in particular that she always relied on, Griff. He got her out of trouble, scrapes and close calls on several occasions growing up. But growing up is something that people do, especially those who you haven't seen for many years. People move on and have their own families. There is just so much to love with this book, and Jo Thomas was come up trumps with this novel. It's deliciously fantastic, and it even made me want to visit Wales, which given I tend to prefer a foreign holiday, is a feat in itself. I would like to thank Random House UK, Transworld Publishers for providing me with an advance readers copy via access to the galley for free through the NetGalley program. Get started fast – our bundle includes everything you need to get started with soft serve ice cream from the machine to an ice cream freezer to POS and ice cream!Well, I was wrong. The minute that the two foster children came into Beca’s life in the book, everything changed and all that Jo had laid out in the book before that moment started to make sense. This book is such a fascinating and moving exploration of childhood, emotions and how our own pasts feed into the way we parent. The minute that Beca became responsible for the lives of those two youngsters was the minute she became relatable to me and I totally fell in love with her, the two boys and their relationship and was so anxious for them all. By the end of the book, I was welling up, this whole storyline was beautifully done and, far from being disappointed, this has probably become one of my favourite Jo Thomas novels. The weather is heating up (slowly but surely) and we have got some new releases to share which will leave you melting! I highly recommend this beautifully written book. Jo knows how to write a book and this one comes from her heart. Beca moves into a big and beautiful home. Her goal is to care for the cows and to become a foster mum. The story of the two kids who come to her gives readers the chance to meet Joe and Blake. They are memorable. While I do think that things go somewhat miraculously for Beca as a carer, the author does raise the issue of the foster care system and the kids who are in need. Based on my professional experience, I do think things went a bit too smoothly but this is fiction after all.

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This book was a particularly heartwarming book as I work with teens and am overly attached to anything with provenance/family ties. I loved the ‘hand up’ focus in this book - helping others and sharing the love - as much as the exploration of how difficult it is to return home. It’s not all about sunshine and gelato though as this book has so much more. I loved the relationships that we see developing throughout the book but none more so than Blake’s story. Your heart just goes out to him as he’s definitely not had it easy so far but you can see this being the big turning point for him with Beca’s help.Finally BA will rebrand its short-haul Speedbird Café buy-on-board offering as the High Life Café later this month, in line with the carrier’s High Life magazine and shop. Summer at the Ice Cream Cafe by Jo Thomas was a book that you will love from start to finish. Its a perfect feel-good summer romance and a great book for your holiday or sitting by a beach eating ice-cream. Summer at the ice cram cafe bought me warmth and made me smile throughout, when I was reading it........It was a lovely read about friendship, community and family.....Now I am craving ice cream.........Any will do. Caroline supplies her handmade luxury ice cream to National Trust parks including Polesden Lacey. Flavours include royal bourbon vanilla, white mint chocolate chip and rhubarb. Beca hasn’t made it easy for herself, the place she has bought is a small farm, with cows that need milking. And she has finally finished the long process to foster children. When two rather challenging youngsters come along for some respite on their way somewhere else, Beca is finding she is being pulled in all directions. Along the way she bumps into Griff, a childhood friend who made his life in the hometown they grew up in. And after all these years is still as loyal as ever. Perhaps an unusual spot to find ice cream, but Morgan's Butchers sells a lovely range made by Meadow Cottage, a producer based in Churt who have their own herd of Jersey Cows. Flavours include vanilla, chocolate, coconut, coffee, butter toffee, crème caramel, apricot and mango.