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Breakfast Tacos and Three Legged Dogs

Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge

January 19, 2020 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

It is a truth universally acknowledged that on a long plane flight sometimes you just want a book that involves two characters who are meant for each other, some sort of twee business venture, and a three-legged dog.  If you are extremely lucky, the novel steals from Jane Austen and mentions a lot of yummy sounding restaurants in Austin, Texas (breakfast tacos, I want breakfast tacos!!!) Jane and her sister Celia have run a successful tea shop in San Francisco for the last seven years—ever […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Hillary Manton Lodge, Jane of Austin, Kindle Read, vacation read

Jenny S's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Hillary Manton Lodge, Jane of Austin, Kindle Read, vacation read ·
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A sweet tea of a story

Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge

January 21, 2019 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

Full disclosure – I’m not a big Jane Austen fan (cue gasps of astonishment), so I went into reading this modern spin on Sense and Sensibility without much expectation.  I had noticed it was reviewed here earlier this month, so when I spotted the copy at the library I was intrigued enough to pick it up.  This book tells the tale of the Woodward sisters, who are left to fend for themselves after their father (convicted of embezzlement) skips the country to avoid jail time.  […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Hillary Manton Lodge, Sense & Sensibility retelling

Mikki Blu's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Hillary Manton Lodge, Sense & Sensibility retelling ·
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