Lies Jane Austen Told Me

Posted on 25 January 2017 by Julie Wright

Ever since Emma read Pride and Prejudice, she s been in love with Mr Darcy and has regarded Jane Austen as the expert on all things romantic So naturally when Emma falls for Blake Hampton and he invites her home to meet his parents, she is positive an engagement is in her future After all, Blake is a single man in possession of a good fortune, and thus must be in want of a wife But when it turns out that what Blake actually wants is of a hook up than a honeymoon, Emma is hurt, betrayed, and furious She throws herself deeper into her work as CMO of Kinetics, the fastest growing gym franchise in the nation She loves her work, and she s good at it, which is why she bristles when her boss brings in a consultant to help her spearhead the new facilities on the East Coast Her frustration turns to shock when that consultant turns out to be Blake s younger brother, Lucas Emma is determined not to fall for Lucas, but as she gets to know him, she realizes that Lucas is nothing like his brother He is kind and attentive and spends his time and money caring for the less fortunate What she can t understand is why Lucas continues to try to push her back into Blake s arms when he so clearly has fallen as hard for her as she has fallen for him It isn t until Lucas reveals to Emma that he was adopted into the Hampton family that she begins to understand his loyalty to Blake as well as his devotion to the child April she is Lucas s biological niece Emma opens up to Lucas about the feelings of abandonment she has harbored ever since she was a child and her mother left the family As she helps Lucas deal with his past demons, she is able to exorcise some of her own Realizing that her love life is as complicated as anything Jane Austen could have dreamed up, Emma must find a way to let Blake know that it s time for him to let her go and to let Lucas know it s time for him to love her back. Read Lies Jane Austen Told Me – kino-fada.fr I tend to be skeptical about books with Jane Austen in the title there are too many now that read like cash cows, without the wit, insight, or in period the feel of Austen.But this one was not set in the past, and the heroine was a firm fan of Austen, so I went for it.I loved the beginning Emma, a marketing executive, has loved Austen for years, and wants a guy to match Mr Darcy Who doesn t At first it seems that Blake Hampton is her Mr Darcy she turns him down for a weekend at his pare I tend to be skeptical about books with Jane Austen in the title there are too many now that read like cash cows, without the wit, insight, or in period the feel of Austen.But this one was not set in the past, and the heroine was a firm fan of Austen, so I went for it.I loved the beginning Emma, a marketing executive, has loved Austen for years, and wants a guy to match Mr Darcy Who doesn t At first it seems that Blake Hampton is her Mr Darcy she turns him down for a weekend at his parents , then encouraged by her office team, takes the train down to surprise him.She gets surprised ends up with a ride from his scarcely mentioned brother, with a side ... I received a copy from Netgalley for a fair review More reviews can be found at This was all her fault If I hadn t spent half my life wanting to be Elizabeth Bennet, I wouldn t have held my own prejudices so dear I wouldn t have taken pride in my own clever snap judgements to like and dislike at a whimEmma has broken up with Jane Austen Despite all the happiness her novels and movie adaptations have brought into her life, she has decided that Jane essentially was a fraud being that s I received a copy from Netgalley for a fair review More reviews can be found at This was all her fault If I hadn t spent half my life wanting to be Elizabeth Bennet, I wouldn t have held my own prejudices so dear I wouldn t have taken pride in my own clever snap judgements to like and dislike at a whimEmma has broken up with Jane Austen Despite all the happiness her novels and movie adaptations have brought into her life, she has decided that Jane essentially was a fraud being that she had ended up an old spinster in the end and not happily married to her own love of her l...Such a fun story I loved how Austen was brought into the contemporary world, influencing Emma even after the renouncement and showing why her classics are so well loved and still relevant I m not generally a fan of love triangles, but since I knew from the synopsis that Lucas and Emma are meant to be together, I was able to view the rest as providing conflict and obstacles to their relationship I loved the friendship they shared and couldn t wait for them to figure things out and get toge Such a fun story I loved how Austen was brought into the contemporary world, influencing Emma even after the renouncement and showing why her classics are so well loved and still relevant I m not generally a fan of love triangles, but since I knew from the synopsis that Lucas and Em...This review was originally posted on un Conventional Bookviews Lie Jane Austen Told Me kind of blew me away I didn t know what to expect when I started reading, but whatever it was, I got muchStory Lies Jane Austen Told Me is Emma s story How she kept her rose colored glasses firmly in place looking for her happily ever after Possibly she looked for this in the wrong places, though, and suddenly, she wanted to distance herself from everything and anything that had to do with her for This review was originally posted on un Conventional Bookviews Lie Jane Austen Told Me kind of blew me away I didn t know what to expect when I started reading, but whatever it was, I got muchStory Lies Jane Austen Told Me is Emma s story How she kept her rose colored glasses firm...I m a big Jane Austen fan and a complete romantic at heart I love the way that Julie Wright brings such a beloved classic to a contemporary light and gives this age old story a slightly new twist By doing so, my heart was happy because I could feel the comfort of an old familiar favorite but the exhilarating freshness was something new Have you ever taken someone s words as law and then been disappointed when it turns out they weren t as magical as you thought they were That s kind o...This has a great start but then the middle lags a little About half way through I wasn t feeling this one quite as much as I hoped for Thankfully I kept reading and was rewarded with a fabulous ending that left me satisfied and happy with this how this played out Great bo...Julie Wright s Lies Jane Austen Told Me is a contemporary romance told from the first person point of view of Emma Pierce, a California based marketing executive for a growing gym lifestyle company, who is looking for love but mostly married to her work When a weekend at her boyfriend Blake s family home ends in disaster before it even begins, Emma is forced to rely on the kindness of her now ex s brother, Lucas, to make her way back home A stop in a shady neighborhood on the way to the train Julie Wright s Lies Jane Austen Told Me is a contemporary romance told from the first person point of view of Emma Pierce, a California based marketing executive for a growing gym lifestyle company, who is looking for love but mostly married to her work When a weekend at her boyfriend Blake s family home ends in disaster before it even begins, Emma is forced to rely on the kindness of her now ex s brother, Lucas, to make her way back home A stop in a shady neighborhood on the way to the train station so Lucas can take care of some business has her believing the worst about him and churns up sad memories of her childhood.When Emma s company unexpectedly hires Lucas as a consultant, she is forced to travel to the East Coast with him to scope out new locations, and it s not long before they grow close Their similar upbringi...The title of this book intrigued me from the start I love Jane Austen so I tend to gravitate towards books that have her name on the cover or that are retellings from her books I have to be honest and say this book was good but not great I didn t fully connect with Emma and I found some of the interactions between the characters to be a little childish Sylvia, Emma s best friend on the other hand was amazing and I loved her This book was clean, which I really don t mind but I know some peop The title of this book intrigued me from the start I love Jane Austen so I tend to gravitate towards books that have her name on the cover or that are retellings from her books I have to be honest and say this book was good but not great I didn t fully connect with Emma and I found some of the interactions between the characters to be a littl...Giving Up On Jane Austen and Mr Darcy TYPE OF AUSTENESQUE NOVEL Contemporary Romance, Austen InspiredSETTING Present day CaliforniaMAIN CHARACTERS Emma Pierce A savvy and intelligent CMO who has decided to renounce Jane Austen after years of waiting for a Mr Darcy or Mr Knightley to cross her path and being disappointed Blake Hampton Emma s wealthy and handsome boyfriend who she catches entertaining one of his female work colleagues at his family home Lucas Hampton Blake s younger Giving Up On Jane Austen and Mr Darcy TYPE OF AUSTENESQUE NOVEL Contemporary Romance, Austen InspiredSETTING Present day CaliforniaMAIN CHARACTERS Emma Pierce A savvy and intelligent CMO who has decided to renounce Jane Austen after years of waiting for a Mr Darcy or Mr Knightley to cross her path and being disappointed Blake Hampton Emma s wealthy and handsome boyfriend who she catches entertaining one of his female work colleagues at his family home Lucas Hampton Blake s younger brother who E...OK Lets get real Jane Austen Those of us who love a good regency, are probably all besotted with anything Jane How did she reach this status, in which all Austen fans feel this kinship to her characters and the author herself I m not quite sure Each one of us feels like her stories are our own personal best friends So, with that said, you put Jane Austen in a title of a book and I m a sucker for picking it up No questions asked, I didn t even read the description If this had been a pape OK Lets get real Jane Austen Those of us who love a good regency, are probably all besotted with anything Jane How did she reach this status, in which all Austen fans feel this kinship to her characters and the author herself I m not quite sure Each one of us feels like her stories are our own personal best friends So, with that said, you put Jane Auste...

25 January 2017

Julie Wright