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Breakfast at Tiffany's

by Lynn Lorenz (Goodreads Author)

3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 · rating details · 87 ratings · 20 reviews

Scott came to New Orleans the summer he fled the bigotry of a rural Louisiana town. Tony was born and raised in the City that Care Forgot and lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. Now, Scott lives in a homeless shelter and has a job at Tiffany’s Waffles ’n’ Wings, a 24-hour restaurant on the edge of the French Quarter, while Tony is squatting in an abandoned house.

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Published February 14th 2010 by Amber Quill Press (first published 2010)

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Apr 23, 2013 ARe Cafe rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: vals-picks

Breakfast at Tiffanys by Lynn Lorenz is a stand-alone novella written for the “Blockbusters” series at Amber Quill Press (stories with movie titles) and has nothing to do with the Truman Capote book or the Audrey Hepburn movie. Its strengths include a vivid setting in New Orleans two years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and two appealing young characters, an interracial couple, who are trying to survive the dangers of life on the streets. It’s a simple story about the start of a rom...more

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Mar 19, 2011 Ami rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mm-romance-or-erotica

Scott is living in a shelter and works at Tiffany’s Waffles ’n’ Wings, a 24-hour restaurant on the edge of the French Quarter. Tony has lost his family and being an adrift who is desperate for money; despite having his own house to stay (but it is without electricity or hot water).

This story is about two survivors; in the city of New Orleans post Katrina. It portrays a harsh reality of the city, but at the same time giving a glimpse of hope among the people who decide to stay there. Scott, desp...more

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Jun 18, 2010 Kassa rated it 4 of 5 stars

I resisted this story for a long time due to the previous connotations with the name. I’m not a fan of re-used titles (no matter how clever or fitting they remain to the new story) so the re-use of a popular title here worked against the story for me. However, once I started reading, I was immediately swept away to a post-Katrina New Orleans and a fascinating story. I actually was so engaged, I finished the entire book without looking up at the page count even once (incredibly rare for me). The...more I resisted this story for a long time due to the previous connotations with the name. I’m not a fan of re-used titles (no matter how clever or fitting they remain to the new story) so the re-use of a popular title here worked against the story for me. However, once I started reading, I was immediately swept away to a post-Katrina New Orleans and a fascinating story. I actually was so engaged, I finished the entire book without looking up at the page count even once (incredibly rare for me). The writing, setting, characters, and honesty of the situation create a beautifully written, enthralling story that I easily recommend.

Told in alternating third person point of view, this tale is a love story between Scott and Tony but also with the city of New Orleans. Scott is a high school dropout, orphaned at a young age and having learned the hard way how to live on the streets. He once sold his body but soon gave that up and works as a bus boy/waiter at Tiffany’s Chicken and Waffles diner. Scott is careful, wary, and savvy. He keeps his money in a bank and tries to avoid the dangers of the city. He’s the most developed of the two men and comes across as authentic and honest without pity. He’s homeless and struggling but he has pride, knowledge, and dreams. He’s the type of character that you immediately like, root for, and sympathize with but never pity.

Tony on the other hand is struggling with immense guilt over losing his family in the floods and feels unworthy of Scott’s care. His secrets are kept hidden for most of the story, only divulged at the very end. This keeps Tony more mysterious and less developed but it’s unlikely to affect any readers negatively. He’s compassionate, strong, and possesses a large heart. His protection and care for Scott makes a nice counterpoint and together you can see how they motivate and inspire each other to strive for their goals.

Together, Scott and Tony make a great couple from the opening scene where Tony saves Scott from an attack only to take Scott’s few dollars himself to their later happy ending. The dynamic between the men sizzles and creates a totally engaging story as they develop a friendship and relationship. If anything, their relationship is too quick and easy. Scott is a street smart kid and he instinctively trusts Tony a little too quickly. Given their homeless situation and how every dollar is life or death, their choices are too easy. It’s not likely to bother most readers and these two are so thoroughly charming that you can’t help but ignore these issues. I would have liked this novella expanded slightly so their choices were a little more realistic but I could understand why the story moved things along due to space restraints.

The writing is almost lyrical from the opening chill of the streets to the quiet, dark streets of night. New Orleans is lovingly described with intricate detail that immediately transports the reader to the city. Having been to New Orleans countless times myself I recognized the streets, sounds, flavors, and heartbeat of the city authentically included here. Not only is it honest and real, but natural. The city comes alive alongside the characters and the love story is one that charms as it entices. None of the descriptions feel forced or overly long, instead woven in with the story itself as an essential element. If the setting had been anywhere else, the story would have suffered but together it’s a beautiful story that resonates.
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Aug 20, 2010 Feliz rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m, contemporary

Tony has lost everything to Hurricane Katrina, and almost given up on himself since he couldn't save his siblings when the storm hit. Scott never had anything to lose in the first place, but he has found work and a new home in New Orleans. Tony has sunk so low as to robbery; but when he sees Scott mugged, Tony can't just watch. He saves Scott, but takes his money anyway. It burns a hole into his conscience and his pocket, so he needs to see Scott again and give it back.

This sweet story about fi...more

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Jan 10, 2012 Violetta Vane added it

Shelves: mm, multicultural-or-interracial

An engaging story that shows two people finding each other in a hard, cruel time. It's rare to find interracial m/m at all, much less interracial m/m with convincing voices, and I was really impressed with this story in that regard (both white and black people spoke like real human beings that actually lived in New Orleans). The setting was vivid and used to brilliant effect. In the beginning, I was worried that the story would be a bit too sentimental for my tastes, but by the end I was genuine...more

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Mar 24, 2010 Betryal rated it 4 of 5 stars

In a way this story was aimed towards a harsh reality to the casualties of Mother Nature and Katrina. Two young men finding love and each other after that devastation rocks their worlds and has major impact on their lives. My heart went out to them both because even though Scott took up residence with Tony in an abandoned house this home was still not securely theirs. I do hope in writers and readers world of fiction we're left to the assumption all turned to rights for them. At least I like to...more

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Apr 17, 2012 DarienMoya rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-reads, fave-books-of-2012, fave-m-m-characters, m-m-short-stories, my-m-m-lovin, spicy-shorts, interracial-love

I am deeply in love with story. From what I have read of Lynn Lorenz, her characters are always so realistic. Its situations that any person could be going through. The struggle, the desperation, and the guilt that comes with feeling like you didn’t do enough. All that and more was apart of this story, and the romance just pushed it to a completely awesome kinda level.

Scott lives on the streets, and he’s had his fair share of tough times, experiences that no young person should have. Scott is st...more I am deeply in love with story. From what I have read of Lynn Lorenz, her characters are always so realistic. Its situations that any person could be going through. The struggle, the desperation, and the guilt that comes with feeling like you didn’t do enough. All that and more was apart of this story, and the romance just pushed it to a completely awesome kinda level.

Scott lives on the streets, and he’s had his fair share of tough times, experiences that no young person should have. Scott is strong though, and he tries to make it in a city destroyed but not ruined. The streets of New Orleans are dangerous, but there is a fierce pride in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Scott is living in a shelter he has a job, and he’s saving his money. So you see life isn’t keeping him down.

Tony lost everything in Katrina, his family and all the things he loved. He carries strong guilt, because he survived and his family did not. So why should he have anything. He’s done many things to make some money, and now he’s about to resort to robbery.

Scott and Tony meet for the first time, when a man jumps Scott to take his money. It is the very thing Tony was about to do, but changes his mind at the last minute. He comes to Scotts rescue, but hunger and surviving has him taking Scott’s money anyways. During the little crime gone badly, Scott and Tony are very aware of each other.

The chemistry between Scott and Tony is explosive, the contrast of their description electrifies. They pull you in, even though the relationship moves quickly, but ‘why the hell not’ they deserve all the happiness because they have been through so much.

The writing is amazing! Its like I was transported to streets of New Orleans, I could taste the food in my mouth and feel the chill on the deserted streets that Scott walked. I want to pack my bags and take a trip, it’s a place I’ve always been in love with, and Lynn makes me love it even more.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a love story, and it will make your heart feel super happy. I fell in love with Scott and Tony and you can too. I wish it were longer so I could have had more time basking in the awesomeness.

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Sep 24, 2010 A.J. Llewellyn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: i-own-a-copy

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. What a superb book!
It hooked me from the opening page. I read this walking my dog in the streets of LA but the author transported me to New Orleans instantly. I even stopped walking to sit down and read this until the very end.
You know you are in the hands of an accomplished, masterful writer when the pages become a movie, when you simply HAVE to know what happens.
Either Lynn Lorenz knows New Orleans well or she has done some impeccable research. Her characters and dialogue crackle with resonan...more

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Feb 28, 2010 Tam rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m

I'd say a high 4.5 but worth rounding up to 5.

Scott lives in a homeless shelter in New Orleans and has since before and after hurricane Katrina. He works at Tiffany's Waffle and Wing place where they are like his family, Miss Tiffany keeps an eye on him and some of the regulars from the drag bar are his friends. One morning he is mugged by a junkie and as he's about to get beaten a large black man saves him but takes him money. Tony lives in an abandoned house and has no job but refuses to sell...more I'd say a high 4.5 but worth rounding up to 5.

Scott lives in a homeless shelter in New Orleans and has since before and after hurricane Katrina. He works at Tiffany's Waffle and Wing place where they are like his family, Miss Tiffany keeps an eye on him and some of the regulars from the drag bar are his friends. One morning he is mugged by a junkie and as he's about to get beaten a large black man saves him but takes him money. Tony lives in an abandoned house and has no job but refuses to sell drugs or himself in memory of his Grandma. Tony lost his family in Katrina. He feels bad for taking Scott's last $5 and after earning a little money unloading trucks he gives Scott his money back and walks him home to the shelter. Scott then agrees to move into Tony's house with him and they start a relationship.

This was a very interesting book as you are dealing with two essentially homeless young men (20) although Scott has a savings account at the bank and works 12 hour shifts with tips so he's not broke. While Tony's house has water, there is no electricity and it's boarded over. The only niggle I had was going over the time-line. Scott is mugged on Saturday morning, actually meets Tony on Sunday afternoon and moves in with him the same night and they declare their love on about Tuesday night. Whoa. What I liked was how wanting to be with Scott made Tony a better guy, he went to the fruit market and started offering to work rather than stealing and he started a relationship with one of the vendors. Scott was also the more aggressive sexually in that it was his idea to go to the drug store and get condoms which kind of shocked Tony. Not that he was inexperienced but wasn't so open about it. So what about the timing thing? This book had me laying in bed this morning thinking about this so Lynn obviously did her work and it stuck with me. These are two young guys, both abandoned by their families, both homeless and lost and looking for a connection, so yeah, no time to waste pussyfooting around and dating for 3 months, who knows what can happen, you've seen your life nearly snuffed out in seconds. I could also see Scott wanting out of the shelter, even if it's to an abandoned house where he doesn't have to live with a bunch of other people. So perhaps from that perspective it seemed normal for them to move that quickly. It made Tony start to think about having a real apartment and a home, not a squat somewhere, they kind of brought out the best in each other. So I enjoyed this book and as I said, it made me think about how different life experiences affect the decisions you make. So if you're looking for a book with a different vibe to it, I recommend it. Oh and the cover is prefect even if Scott was skinnier.(less)

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Jan 10, 2013 Danny Tyran rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: gay, romance, sorcerers-witches

Not a bad book. It is well written. Nearly poetic sometines. But I do not give it 5 stars, because it seems to me that this book misses something so that it really pleases me. I can't find what, but it did not sparkle.

I'd like to see other photos of the black guy on the cover. He is beautiful.

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Jun 09, 2012 Jess Candela rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m, read-in-2010

I apparently never rated this, even in Calibre. But I remember reading and loving it, so I'm going to go with 4 stars for now. If I reread it (something I can easily imagine doing) I'll revise my rating as necessary then.

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Mar 22, 2010 Book Utopia rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, erotic-romance, m-m

Lorenz ignores traditional romance stereotypes to put two homeless men at the center of her moving story. She bypasses the maudlin and writes straight to the unrepentant core of these men’s situations, but it's never heavy-handed. They are very sympathetic heroes, but the story's brevity meant the romance felt a little rushed to me. There is a lot of genuine emotion here, though, and between that and the out of the ordinary heroes, it's worth picking up.

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Jan 01, 2011 Penny rated it 4 of 5 stars

3.75 Stars A tale of finding love in the toughest of time.

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Jul 12, 2011 Lauraadriana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Felt a bit unfinished...I like the MC though.

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Feb 20, 2011 Tara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m, romance-contemporary, read-in-2011

3.5 stars-

Sweet story set in post Katrina Louisiana. The two men both lost and alone find each other and form a delicate relationship. I think it was a story with great potential. I think the characters were interesting. I just felt it fell a little shy of greatness. It need a little more building to feel like the guys earned the ending the story had, or it could have ended a little sooner with the implied hope of wonderfulness to come. I think it just didn't quite earn it's ending. But it was a...more

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Sep 22, 2012 kasjo_peja rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m

Unbelievably cheesy and simplified.

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Sep 16, 2012 Jo * Smut-Dickted * rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m, bingomm2012-pick, read-on-kindle, 2012-a-to-z-title-m-m-challenge

Great concept - but just too short to really deliver. Men who have nothing after Katrina - this is a story that should really pull at the heartstrings. And it does - but it needed more to the characters. The environment is well described - but the rushed relationship really sells it short. I enjoyed both characters and would love to have had about 80 more pages to explore the relationship and see where it was going. Not a ton of angst in spite of the blurb. Love the author in general - this one...more

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Nov 21, 2011 Bookbee rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, contemporary, e-book, m-m, short-stories, read_deleted-from-reader-for-room

Sympathetic characters set in a poignant post-Katrina New Orleans. The two main characters balanced each other in the very best way, allowing me to believe in a future for them. And there's the rub...I wanted more background on each of them; I wanted a slightly slower pace in them trusting each other; I wanted a glimpse into their promised future. I guess what I really wanted was a longer book. :)

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Jan 20, 2011 Arzu rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mm-romance, contemporary, ebooks-owned

For me, not only the romance is important in this book, but also the whole backgróund story and characters, the desperate setting, the remainings of Katrina play a huge part in this book. These two lonely young men found each other and by finding love and have hope for the future deserve nothing a 4 star rating.

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Nov 04, 2011 Snowtulip rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Shelves: own, m-m

It was refreshing to read about some characters that usually aren't highlighted in stories (socioeconomic, race). This was a quick, sweet read that really made me happy to see two struggling souls find someone to help ease the burden and share in hope.

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I’m from New Orleans, that’s N’awlins for those of you who speak the language. I grew up in the Riverbend, or Carrollton, for the old timers, but was a Quarter rat from the age of 11, taking 3 buses to go to art class on Burgundy Street at the Cabrini Doll Museum and NORD center. I attended Univers...more Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
(1)gay romance

I’m from New Orleans, that’s N’awlins for those of you who speak the language. I grew up in the Riverbend, or Carrollton, for the old timers, but was a Quarter rat from the age of 11, taking 3 buses to go to art class on Burgundy Street at the Cabrini Doll Museum and NORD center. I attended University of New Orleans and have a BA in Fine Art. My mother worked at Tulane University, six blocks from our house and when we were kids my brother and I parked cars in our driveway for the Saints games at Tulane Stadium. We could get six cars down the drive, two on the front lawn, and two on the street and we only charged $2 a car. We made enough to buy a coupla roast beef po’boys at Comeaux’s on Hickory St. and a snowball over at Williams Snow Ball Stand. We lived 1/2 a block from a cemetery, but doesn’t everyone in N’awlins? We used to watch jazz funerals from our front porch.

Now, my family lives in Katy, Texas. I have a “real” job, a truly supportive and understanding husband, two incredible kids, and a slightly neurotic dog. We used to have a guinea pig, but the dog killed it. Did I say slightly?

My son is 15 and has Asperger’s Syndrome (high functioning Autism) and Crohn’s Disease, and is a constant lesson in patience, acceptance and managing expectations. He’s super smart, loves video games, fencing, movies, building with legos, and hanging around the house. Like me, he believes that it’s all about him. Sometimes, I wonder if I don’t have Asperger’s, too. Oh, and he’s very handsome.

My daughter, 13, is so creative it’s scary- she loves to paint, draw manga and anima, build dioramas with any box she can get her hands on, create worlds with legos and then make movies with them, sculpt people, animals and objects with those little twist ties from the grocery store, does pottery, and wants to be a lifeguard. And she’s smart, too. And
beautiful, inside and out.

I write for a few hours in the evenings and on weekends as much as I can, without neglecting my family. (That laughter you hear is my husband) I attend a critique group, and do whatever the kids are into at the time.(less)

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