What Would Jane Austen Do? by Linda Corbett -- Blog Tour Review

About the Book

​It's a truth often acknowledged that when a journalist and Jane Austen fan girl ends up living next door to a cynical but handsome crime writer, romantic sparks will fly!
 
When Maddy Shaw is told her Dear Jane column has been cancelled she has no choice but to look outside of London’s rental market. That is until she’s left an idyllic country home by the black sheep of the family, long-not-so-lost Cousin Nigel.
But of course, there’s a stipulation… and not only is Maddy made chair of the committee for the annual village literary festival, she also has to put up with bestselling crime author –and romance sceptic – Cameron Massey as her new neighbor.
When Maddy challenges Cameron to write romantic fiction, which he claims is so easy to do, sparks fly both on and off the page…

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About the Author

​Linda Corbett lives in Surrey with her husband Andrew and three permanently hungry guinea pigs. As well as being an author, Linda is treasurer and fundraiser for Shine Surrey – a volunteer-led charity that supports individuals and families living with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. For many years she also wrote a regular column for Link, a disability magazine, illustrating the humorous aspects of life with a complex disability and she is a passionate advocate of disability representation in fiction. Love You From A-Z is her first published novel.

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Review

In her novel What Would Jane Austen Do? author Linda Corbett has written a witty Jane Austen-inspired enemies to lovers romantic comedy that readers will thoroughly enjoy.  Although starting out a little slow, readers should stick it out because when Jane Austen fan girl and journalist Maddy Shaw and grumpy next door neighbor crime writer Cameron Massey meet, sparks fly! Readers may expect Jane Austen to have a bit more of a tie in with the story, but it’s more of an inspiration than a story focus. A sparkling enemies to lovers story that readers will find entertaining and humorous.

Genre: contemporary, romance, romcom
Tropes: enemies to lovers; black sheep; small town; forced proximity; family mystery; Jane Austen inspired (Pride & Prejudice)
Publisher: One More Chapter
Publication date:  June 16, 2023
Number of pages:385
Content warning: a few random swears; closed-door, fade to black bedroom scene

Disclosure statement: A complimentary review copy of this book was provided from tour groups, publishers, publicists, authors, and others, including NetGalley, OR was borrowed from the library, including OverDrive, Or borrowed from Kindle Unlimited, OR borrowed from Deseret Bookshelf, OR pre-ordered/purchased for review, including Audible.  A review was not required and all views and opinions expressed are my own.​