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The Juniper Gin Joint
The Juniper Gin Joint
The Juniper Gin Joint
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The Juniper Gin Joint

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When life gives you lemons, make gin and tonic! It's been a tough year for empty-nester Jen in her seaside Devon town; her kids have left for pastures new and her husband's left for another woman. Home alone with her eccentric home-brewing father and a Jack Russell, she is just getting her life back on track when her job at the local museum is threatened by her first love and nemesis, Councillor David Barton, who intends to sell the beautiful old building to a pub chain. But help is at hand from her colleagues: Jackie, a former Greenham Common warrior; Tish, a flamboyant historian; and Carol, mega-flirt. Plus newcomer and former campaigner, Tom. Who happens to be a widower. And quite sexy. And also the owner of a Jack Russell. The key to saving the day and putting the town back on the tourist map could lie just within reach—when reaching for a cold gin and tonic, that is. Mother's Ruin to some, gin is the making of Jen when she comes together with her friends and family to save the museum and open an artisan distillery in the basement. With its debauched local history of smuggling, can gin be the town's savior and bring love back into Jen's life?
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 5, 2018
ISBN9781760639860
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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Took me a while to get into this book but when I did it was lovely. If you love books where the community comes together, you’ll love this book. Also if you are a dog lover, this book will have you swooning.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Jennifer Juniper works in the library/museum of a seaside town in Devon. It's been a tricky year, her husband has left her for a younger woman, her children have left home, and her home now consists of her eccentric father distilling various concoctions in her shed and a Jack Russell. To make matters worse, town Councillor David Barton has just told the staff that the library/museum is to be closed immediately and the historic building sold to a pub chain! And then her Jack Russell gets the Jack Russell of an attractive new resident, widower Tom, pregnant. Jen and her friends hatch a plan to save the historic building and the town library and museum. Are gin and violets the answer? A light, but good read - I did wonder throughout where Jen's income was coming from as she no longer had a paying job, and if her husband wanted half the family home when they divorced? Things could be much worse for a 50-year-old woman with no job in the real world.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is a lovely escapist read, complete with Devon seaside setting, good quality gin and puppies. With Jennifer the feisty heroine shortly to turn 50 it could be described as chick lit for the menopausal.There is a varied cast of quirky and lovable characters (and a hissable villain) none of whom are explored too deeply, and the small seaside town feel is brought out well. The only slightly jarring note for me is the mild swearing sprinkled throughout. Jennifer and some of the other characters have had some bad times to contend with but you can relax into this book knowing that nothing too terrible is going to happen in the course of the narrative. In fact things turn around with all the elements falling into place in a way that seems simply too good to be true, though it makes for a wonderfully enjoyable story.

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