Beyond the Rhubarb

By Danielle Jacks

Rebecca

The Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival takes place once a year. It's my chance to show off my ice cream-making talents. The problem is, my old enemy from school is also here. Oliver Simmons has always been my biggest rival and now he's set our biggest challenge. Can I win our bet, or will he get what he's always wanted from me?


Oliver

Touring with the Gin Tin, my home brewed drinks van is my escape. Working on the farm is my priority. I've lived down the road from Rebecca most of my life. She's smart, pretty, and a fellow farmer. Can I tell her once and for all how I feel about her or will it all become one big game I'm about to lose?


Beyond the Rhubarb is a rivals to more Young Adult short story.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Danielle Jacks
• Release date: Nov 14, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201930509

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Beyond the Rhubarb

Danielle Jacks

Beyond the Rhubarb © copyright 2020 Danielle Jacks

Beyond the Rhubarb is written in British English. This book is the work of fiction. Any names, characters, places, and events are either creations of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any similarities are purely coincidental.

Copyright © 2020 by Danielle Jacks.

All rights are reserved. Published in the United Kingdom by Danielle Jacks.

No part of this book may be used or reproduced without the author’s written consent, except in the case of a brief quotation to enhance reviews or articles

Beyond the Rhubarb

Rebecca 

The Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival takes place once a year. It’s my chance to show off my ice cream-making talents. The problem is, my old enemy from school is also here. Oliver Simmons has always been my biggest rival and now he’s set our biggest challenge. Can I win our bet, or will he get what he’s always wanted from me? 

Oliver 

Touring with the Gin Tin, my home brewed drinks van is my escape. Working on the farm is my priority. I’ve lived down the road from Rebecca most of my life. She’s smart, pretty, and a fellow farmer. Can I tell her once and for all how I feel about her or will it all become one big game I’m about to lose? 

Beyond the Rhubarb is a rivals to more Young Adult short story.

Chapter One

Rebecca

Oliver Simmons has always been my biggest rival. Even looking at his smug face rubs me up the wrong way. It’s like he chose the vendor pitch opposite me on purpose. I stare him down from across the farmer’s field, hoping he can sense my distaste. Since we’ve left school, I only see him at events like this one, and it’s still one too many. I love the annual Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink festival, despite his attendance. It’s great for my small ice cream business and helps me advertise for weddings.

Shaking my negative thoughts, I scoop my newly crafted rhubarb and custard ice cream into a cone and hand it to my friend, Maria. She closes her eyes as she savours the first taste.

Rebecca, you’re a genius. The tangy aftertaste is amazing, Maria says enthusiastically.

I’ve been experimenting with ice cream for a few years now, and I’m getting pretty good at it.

Thank you. I’m proud of the way it turned out, I say, smiling brightly. When are you performing your new cover song on the main stage?

Maria is one of the four members of a Little Mix tribute band called Little Fix. They mainly perform at fake festivals and theme nights. Maria’s an amazing singer and destined to leave the English countryside behind. We are complete opposites, but that’s what makes