A wartime romance starts a sweet family tradition . . .
Always, Almond Fudge, part of the One Scoop or Two series for the Wild Rose Press, is written by Charlotte O’Shay.
It is the summer of 1941 in Langford, Rhode Island where the weather is hot and the ice cream cool. Seventeen-year-old Meredith Franklin has one goal: to become a doctor. To offset the costs of the upcoming college semester she works summers and weekends at Seymore’s Ice Cream Shoppe. The focused, organized teen will let nothing, and no one get in the way.
Until the day semi-pro ball player Anthony Fanelli, who dreams of playing professional baseball, walks into Seymore’s. It takes only one look at pretty Merry for Anthony to launch his own campaign—to win her heart as well as discover her favorite flavor of ice cream.
Many years later, in the middle of the annual family vacation in Langford, seventeen year-old budding baseball player Sebastian learns the details of his great parents’ love and devotion to each other in a time of tremendous uncertainty.
As a woman of a “certain age” this could be my parents’ story, or that of my aunts and uncles, and my in-laws. Always, Almond Fudge: sweet, innocent and absolutely delightful, taught me many lessons, reminding me of the selfless contributions by the Greatest Generation. For that I am very grateful. Thank you, Ms. O’Shay.
On a scale of 1-5, Always, Almond Fudge deserves a 6.
Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews
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