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The Austen Playbook

By Lucy Parker

This series has not disappointed me yet! Lucy Parker’s London Celebrities series has delivered one fun read after the next…

Another great enemies to lovers story in the high-flying world of London’s theatre elite.

Freddy Carlton, (originally seen on stage in Pretty Face, book 2) is making a change in her career. After following in her father and grandmothers serious theatrical careers, she is going to get back to musical theatre, where she finds her joy. Only she needs to prove that she can still do that… that’s where the live -action TV event performance of The Austen Playbook comes in to play. Too bad the production will be taking place at the ancestral home of the highly critical critic, James Ford-Griffin.

Griff has enough to worry about trying to rescue his family finances from the brink… The Austen Playbook needs to succeed, in order for him to get the profits needed to save his home. The last thing he needs is a perpetually optimistic actress joining him on a Scooby Doo ‘esqe mystery to find out the truth behind the play The Velvet Room, that has put a wedge between his and Freddy’s families.

This was a fun read and the chemistry between Freddy snd Griff drips off the page. I love how Lucy has written this sequence of interlinked relations that continues to delight. She a master of the enemies to lovers trope!

This book could be read on its own, but the rest of the series is so good, that I recommend reading them all!

The Austen Playbook by Lucy Parker was released April 2019.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.


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