Flirtinis with Flappers by Marianne Mancusi – a Review
Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / BAM
Description:
Unless Dora Duncan can stop it, it’s going to be another St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. A year ago, her (now ex) boyfriend Nick stood her up on the most romantic day of the year at the worst possible moment. In the aftermath, Dora gave up her career TV reporting on real news, and took a fluffier job reporting on such important stories as “Too Stressed for Sex.” And though such clips have a certain relevance, things in Dora’s life have been a whole lot quieter. Maybe too quiet.
Until now.
Now Dora’s suddenly being drafted for a very special assignment: she’s gotta go back in time to stop that very same Nick from making a mess of history. Dora’s first reaction? Clearly someone is playing a joke on her. But when she suddenly finds herself back in a place where everybody speaks easy and cuts a rug, she realizes the joke’s on her…and this old Chicago ain’t no musical. Here, there are tommy guns and torpedoes, guys and dolls, gin joints, flappers, stoolies, rats and a whole lot more; and prohibition means anything but no.
It’s the 1920s. Time for Dora to roar.
Review:
Flirtinis With Flappers by Marianne Mancusi is the third book in her Timeless Love series. This series is a lighthearted cute story about time travel to a known era in history. Wheras, the first two books were connected by friends, Flirtinis with Flappers is not, and can be read as a standalone.
Dora Duncan, our heroine, was an upcoming news reporter when she was captured for a month in Iraq. She has never forgiven her famous reporter boyfriend Nick for abandoning her. Dora, having left her other dangerous job, now does local day by day TV news reporting. She is approached by the FBI to do a secret mission involving her ex-boyfriend that will have her travel back in time to stop the murder of a gangster during the Valentine’s Day Murder that will change history. Dora laughed at the proposition, thinking this was joke, only to find herself back in the Roaring Twenties.
She is in the body of a sexy blonde, who is the girlfriend of a top gangster under Al Capone. What follows is an adventure in a time period of guns, violence, prohibition, speakeasies in old world Chicago. Dora has to act the part and try to discover whose body Nick is in, so she can stop him from killing Bugs Malone.
As I said before, this was cute, and at times exciting story in a dangerous period. There is a nice romance between Dora’s character and one of the gangster’s men. Of course, we suspected that this was Nick. While in danger, secrets are revealed and a love is rekindled. There are some surprises at the end, when the truth is revealed by those who set up this mission. If you like stories centered in the past, time travel, and cute quick reads, I suggest you read the Timeless Love series.
Reviewed by Barb
Copy provided by Author
