Once again, Ms. Lauri Robinson has entertained me with a fantastic tale that takes place during the roaring twenties. It works well with her Brides of the Roaring Twenties series. She describes the scenes, clothing, atmosphere, and using the jargon of the time period, allowing the reader to transport back a hundred years—during prohibition, speakeasies, flappers, mobsters, murder, and mayhem. The story is part history, part mystery, and part romance.
The story is a continuation from The Flapper’s Fake Fiance and The Flapper’s Baby Scandal. But now, we are down to one single Dyer girl, Jane. Will she be next for her father to find a husband? How will she be able to make her own choices in life? It isn’t fun going to the speakeasies by herself, but she still wants to have her fun, and she will meet a new piano player, David.
“All you have to do is be yourself.”
David Albright’s time in California is coming to an end. It is time to report back to Chicago to his family and the board of directors, plus his grandfather’s birthday is near. He has enjoyed playing the piano at the Rooster’s Nest and has his eye on one of the flappers who appears regularly.
The story has the good, the bad, and the ugly in life. It will have Jane being shocked by her father and making a split-second decision to prove she could do things on her own. It will have David needing a way to prevent a marriage he does not want and offering help to Jane. But it is also lying by omission, secrets, and the past and future colliding---which has its own problems. Two people, each was wanting to live their lives the way they choose without being forced into a marriage. Why then is an elopement to each other the perfect choice? What happens when Jane learns she has married a wealthy man—exactly what her father wanted for his daughters? How will David’s family react when they meet her? Is trouble coming their way?
“An imposter, a liar, couldn’t be themselves.”
The one person who is thrilled about Jane and David’s marriage is his grandfather, Gus. He enjoys being about Jane, and she blends well with the family. But some aren’t happy, like Joshua and Rebecca.
“You are like a star in the night,” Gus said to Jane. “A bright, shining star.”
The story will have both David and Jane fighting their developing feelings for one another. This is to be an elopement and short marriage with divorce to follow---just to help each other. But deep down, they have feelings for one another. How will they handle that when they fulfill their agreement?
“You bring brilliance to life in a way I’ve never seen. Never knew existed. You are like everything that’s pure and true, and amazing and wonderful, all rolled into one.”
“Rather than being sorry, focus on what you are going to do about it.”
The story is a fantastic adventure into the life of two people who neither one wanted marriage. But that was before they found someone that they fell in love with. Will they be able to find happiness and a future, or will they carry out their short term arrangement and divorce? It has many sweet kisses and mildly intimate scene that isn’t explicit. Best of all, it has the coveted happily ever after ending.
“Running away wasn’t the answer, but eloping was.”
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