What a great way to spend a weekend, especially if you are counting the days until Poldark shows up again on Public Television! I admit that I was initially oblivious to the plotline of this novel. I thought it was billed as being for fans of Poldark because it was set in Cornwall!
Demi (short for Demelza), self-sufficient and resourceful, is estranged from her family and living rough aside from her job at a local cafe. Cal Penwith has been long away from and out-of-touch with his Cornwall family. In fact, he left to do humanitarian work in the Middle East after his father's death instead of tending to the family estate, a campground that his father nearly mismanaged into bankruptcy. Sitting in the cafe, he witnesses the unfair firing of waitress Demi by Mawgan Cade, the ruthless owner of the building that houses the cafe, after an accidental spill. As Cal makes his way home, he decides to first stop in at his Uncle Rory's home where he discovers a party in progress. The occasion? The engagement of his cousin Luke to Isla, the love of Cal's life. Is this all starting to sound a little familiar? It certainly will to fans of Poldark.
This is a fun little book. We all know from the start that Demi and Cal will end up together despite that fact that he still harbors feelings for Isla. There are several references to Winston Groome, the author of the Poldark series, and it's obvious to anyone who has watched the current version of the series that Cal looks suspiciously like Aidan Turner. Someone even remarks on it later in the book and his response is that he has never heard of the guy!
You will find this light, interesting, and entertaining. For fans of Jenny Colgan and Katie Fforde, it will feel like coming home. I'm planning to read the sequel, Christmas at the Cornish Cafe. I already have it downloaded to my Kindle!
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