Genre:
Historical Romance
Historical Romance
You're The Cream In My Coffee
Roaring Twenties book 1
by Jennifer Lamont Leo
| -From Audible- In 1928, Chicago rocks to the rhythm of the Jazz Age, and Prohibition is in full swing. Small-town girl Marjorie Corrigan, visiting the city for the first time, has sworn that coffee's the strongest drink that will pass her lips. But her quiet, orderly life turns topsy-turvy when she spots her high school sweetheart - presumed killed in the Great War - alive and well in a train station. Suddenly everything is up for grabs. Although the stranger insists he's not who she thinks he is, Marjorie becomes obsessed with finding out the truth. To the dismay of her fiancé and family, she moves to the city and takes a job at a department store so she can spy on him. Meanwhile, the glittering world of her roommate, Dot, begins to look awfully enticing - especially when the object of her obsession seems to be part of that world. Is it really so terrible to bob her hair and shorten her skirt? To visit a speakeasy? Just for a cup of coffee, of course. But what about her scruples? What about the successful young doctor to whom she's engaged, who keeps begging her to come back home where she belongs? And what, exactly, is going on at the store's loading dock so late at night? Amid a whirlwind of trials and temptations, Marjorie must make a choice. Will the mystery man prove to be the cream in her coffee - the missing ingredient to the life she yearns for? Or will he leave only bitterness in her heart? ASIN: B07BK8VLG4 A story that's the real cat's meow! |  This Book received a 4 Bark rating.
 Jennifer Lamont Leo |
Once again I've gotten introduced to a new-to-me author through an audiobook. That's right, I had heard of Jennifer Lamont Leo's first book in her Roaring Twenties series but hadn't read You're The Cream In My Coffee. What did I think? Well, I really liked it! 1920s Chicago and the Marshall Fields department store came alive for me in full color. I sincerely enjoyed the small-town girl goes to the big city and finds both romance and adventure storyline. Marjorie's struggles to find the answers she is looking for without compromising her smalltown values, her morals or her faith was refreshing in the sea of career-obsessed women stories. But I'm gonna admit it here, there were two characters that I just wanted to slap for their self-centered jerkness, they made me so mad! Anyway, I liked the element of mystery. Was it really Jack that she saw? And if so, why didn't he come home to her after the Great War? Well, you're just going to have to read/listen yourself to find out.
I listened to the audiobook version You're The Cream In My Coffee and it was pretty good. The narrator's voice was especially good for the character she portrayed. Overall the production was good though there were some rather noticeable audio editing problem spots, mainly around chapters 12-13 and then scattered through the rest of the audiobook. The issues were distracting while they happened but didn't change my opinion of how much I enjoyed the story. I definitely plan on finding out what comes next in the series for Marjorie's colorful friend Dot...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives You're The Cream In My Coffee by Jennifer Lamont Leo a 4 Bark rating.
I listened to the audiobook version You're The Cream In My Coffee and it was pretty good. The narrator's voice was especially good for the character she portrayed. Overall the production was good though there were some rather noticeable audio editing problem spots, mainly around chapters 12-13 and then scattered through the rest of the audiobook. The issues were distracting while they happened but didn't change my opinion of how much I enjoyed the story. I definitely plan on finding out what comes next in the series for Marjorie's colorful friend Dot...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives You're The Cream In My Coffee by Jennifer Lamont Leo a 4 Bark rating.
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