Review: Love on a Dime

Book Description:
In an age of elegance and excess, Lilly Westbrook longs for a love both true and eternal.
Newport, Rhode Island, 1899, is a place of shimmering waves, sleek yachts, and ladies of leisure. Of opulent mansions that serve as summer cottages for the rich and famous. Home of railroad magnates and banking tycoons--dashing young men and the women who aspire to marry them.

But it's not the place for lady novelists. Especially not those who pen disreputable dime novels. This poses a problem for Lilly Westbrook, because that's exactly what she does.

No one in Lilly's social set knows she pens fiction under the nom de plume Fannie Cole. Not her family or the wealthy young man about to propose to her. And especially not Jackson Grail, the long-lost beau who just bought her publishing company...and who stirs her heart more than she cares to admit.

But Lilly must put aside her feelings and follow the path that will maintain her family's social stature and provide the financial security that everyone is depending on.

Now Lilly faces a double dilemma. Can she continue to protect her secret identity? And will she have the courage to choose the man who will risk it all just to win her heart?


This story is about a beautiful society girl who secretly writes dime novels under a nom de plume. 
And if anyone in society found out about it; she and her family would be publicly disgraced.  Lilly also deals with troubles when Jack Grail, an old beau, returns from the past; as the new owner of the publishing house that Fannie Cole (aka Lilly Westbrook) is under contract with.  Lilly has no intention of letting Jack Grail discover her secret, nor disrupt her safe and secure relationship to Harlan Santerre; a prosperous railroad owner.
But when a trashy gossip magazine threatens to reveal Fannie Cole's true identity, Lilly has no choice but to do the magazine's bidding to keep her name hidden.  In the meantime, Jack tries to find Fannie Cole and hopefully help her.  Lilly, however, not wanting any loans or bonds to her old beau, discourages Jack.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  Cara Lynn James has a true talent for writing.  She described everything with such beauty and light.  I couldn't help but smile when she described the party sequences.
This is a Christian novel though, but I found the religious parts to be comforting and they blended wonderfully with the story.
I did want to scream near the end, as Lilly's stubbornness began to annoy me.  However the book ended on a high note, and I couldn't help but smile at the end.

I truly enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading more books by Cara Lynn James.
I give this book five stars!! :^)

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