Today Sophia Rose returns with her review of Matchmaking Therapy Lisa H Catmull's prequel to her new Jane Austen Vacation Club series. Be sure to stop by now and see what Sophia Rose thought of this novella then put May 3rd on your calendar to stop back by for Sophia Rose's stop on the blog tour featuring Regency Therapy Jane Austen Vacation Club #1.
Enjoy!
Matchmaking Therapy by Lisa H Catmull
#.5 Jane Austen Vacation Club
RomCom
Publisher: Saltair
Press
Published: 10.25.22
Pages: 100
Rating: 3.5 stars
Format: Trade Paperback
Source: Author
Sellers: Amazon
ADD TO: GoodReads
GoodReads Blurb:
Is revenge real estate a thing? I just
spent millions of dollars on a hotel after my boyfriend dumped me.
My friends think I rebound too quickly...so, there's one
tiny problem with leasing this resort—the owner. The tall, muscled owner with a
tattoo peeking out of his shirt sleeve.
Rebounding with a hotel is one thing, but is this guy
worth risking my heart?
Welcome to the Jane Austen Vacation Club! A
behind-the-scenes glimpse at the people who run the Hartfield Regency Resort in
Loveland, Colorado. Get to know how it all begins in this sweet romance
novella. It’s only one-hundred pages, so you can probably read it in two hours!
Sophia Rose's Review:
A Jersey girl drama graduate channels
Jane Austen’s managing Emma to show her ex and everyone else that revenge is a
dish best served with fish tacos. A new
to me author flavoring her romantic comedy series with Austen overtones caught
my attention with this prequel showing where the Jane Austen Vacation Club all
began.
Matchmaking Therapy begins on the
worst day of Jillian’s life. I was
immediately sympathetic even though I thought she could have avoided a lot of
trouble if she’d listened to pretty much everyone in her inner circle about her
on again off again boyfriend. Like Emma
of Austen’s original, she was blind to others and must now her life takes a new
turn as a result. Like any good
self-respecting romcom, even if this isn’t a full-blown story, but rather the
intro to the world and regular cast of characters for the series, it is madcap
and a little over the top.
The surrounding cast of characters are
as colorful and entertaining as Jillian.
Axel is not Jillian’s idea of a Mr. Darcy or any other Austen gentleman
hero, but they send off great sparks from the get go and I can’t wait to see
what comes along in future for this pair- and a few other interesting pairings
that were hinted at.
Fun to see a resort with a Jane Austen
theme coming together and the climax to the conflict introduced in this
book. Much is not a complete story and
will carry through to other books in the series, but the major issue introduced
right away does get dealt with and in a fun, satisfying way.
Short and quick, but highly
entertaining, this prequel was a great table-setter and leaves me exciting for
what comes next. Definitely recommend
others give it a look-see.
Author Bio:
Lisa H. Catmull is the author of sweet contemporary and
historical romances. Popular series include the Jane Austen Vacation Club and
the Seasons of Sugar Creek.
Her books have been nominated for Swoony, RONE, and Whitney awards.
She earned a Bachelor of Art in English from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire
and a Master of Education in Elementary Education from Utah State University in
Logan, Utah.
Lisa taught Middle School English and History for seven years before pursuing
screenwriting and writing.
She currently lives between a canyon and a lake in Utah with her husband, two
cats, and two rambunctious children.
Website: https://www.lisacatmull.com/
Sophia’s Bio:
Sophia
is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing,
piano-playing, and gardening. Road trips and campouts, museums and monuments,
restaurants and theaters are her jam. Encouraged and supported by an incredible
man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes
Region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, Baseball, Cats, Scooby Doo, and
Chocolate.
As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that
Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing. Sophia is a
prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many
wonderful books, authors, and narrators. Few genres are outside her reading
tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and
romance. Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.
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Sounds like a good one for me
ReplyDeleteA fun start, for sure!
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