The Best Novel of The Roaring '20s Since Gatsby | Review: You're The Cream in My Coffee by Jennifer Lamont Leo

You’re The Cream in My Coffee

by Jennifer Lamont Leo

About The Book

In 1928, Chicago rocks to the rhythm of the Jazz Age, and Prohibition is in full swing. Small-town girl Marjorie Corrigan, visiting the city for the first time, has sworn that coffee’s the strongest drink that will pass her lips. But her quiet, orderly life turns topsy-turvy when she spots her high school sweetheart-presumed killed in the Great War-alive and well in a train station. Suddenly everything is up for grabs.

Although the stranger insists he’s not who she thinks he is, Marjorie becomes obsessed with finding out the truth. To the dismay of her fiancé and family, she moves to the city and takes a job at a department store so she can spy on him. Meanwhile, the glittering world of her roommate, Dot, begins to look awfully enticing-especially when the object of her obsession seems to be part of that world. Is it really so terrible to bob her hair and shorten her skirt? To visit a speakeasy? Just for a cup of coffee, of course.

But what about her scruples? What about the successful young doctor to whom she’s engaged, who keeps begging her to come home where she belongs? And what, exactly, is going on at the store’s loading dock so late at night?

Amid a whirlwind of trials and temptations, Marjorie must make a choice. Will the mystery man prove to be the cream in her coffee-the missing ingredient to the life she yearns for? Or will he leave only bitterness in her heart?

My Thoughts

Marvelous read! When I saw this book on Amazon, I knew it would be right up my alley. The 1920s is one of my favorite historical eras and I love seeing more of it in Christian fiction. Jennifer Lamont Leo spins a vibrant tale of the 1920s full of life and grace. While the author portrays the turbulence of the Jazz Age, with a world still grieving in the wake of WWI and a country littered with speakeasies during Prohibition, she doesn’t cross the line, leaving this a clean novel. Instead, she portrays a message of forgiveness, grace, and hope, which I love. Marjorie proved an endearing heroine that seemed like the kind of girl one would want to befriend. I rooted for Marjorie as she started a new life and made her own path in Chicago.

Overall, You’re The Cream in My Coffee is the cat’s pajamas. If you love clean, Christian romance with historical settings, give this book a try.

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.