Christmas was always Eva’s favorite time of year, but last year her grandmother died right before the holiday season, so as she faces her second holiday without family, Eva has to force herself to feel the same joy about the holidays that she always felt. No more moping around or evenings spent on Netflix – this December she resolves to get out there and enjoy it all. About a month before Christmas, Mitzie, an elderly client from the first novel, hires Eva to decorate her […]
Outdoorsy Love in NYC
Set a few months after Sleepless in Manhattan, Urban Genie is thriving as a growing business with all three of the co-owners being very busy. Unfortunately, it is also wedding season, and while Frankie is a genius with flowers, she is cynic when it comes to love, and more than happy to jump at an opportunity to help long time friend Matt build and design a roof top garden when he finds himself short handed. Matt, Paige’s older brother, has known Frankie for years, and […]
I don’t think I’m supposed to be siding with the guy in this one …
Since I started reading romance, I have mostly stuck to historical romance novels with a few exceptions, including The Hating Game and Lucy Parker’s London Celebrities novels which I quite enjoyed. Despite that, I am still hesitant about contemporary romances but decided to try this one out based on Malin’s recent reviews. I think one reason I am more drawn towards historical romance is that it is easier to suspend disbelief when talking about dukes and earls looking for love (or actors in London) than […]
More New York-based contemporary romance
Francesca “Frankie” Cole’s parents went through a fairly harrowing split when she was fourteen. Her father cheated with a much younger woman, left her mother as a broken-down wreck and walked out without ever looking back. Frankie was the one who had to try to pick up the pieces with the devastated parent she had left. After a period of mourning, her mother seemed to decide that enough was enough, cut her hair, lost a lot of weight and started borrowing her daughter’s clothes, determined […]
The control freak and the commitmentphobe find love in New York
Events planner Paige Walker was expecting to be promoted, but instead finds that she’s been fired, alongside her two best friends and a lot of others. Having spent much of her childhood and her teenage years in hospital due to a heart defect, Paige is fiercely independent and wants to be in control of every aspect of her life. Normally very calm, collected and always the one with the plan, Paige is suddenly at a loss and very much adrift. She has some savings, but […]
A lovely and enjoyable Christmas romance
Perpetual optimist Eva Jordan loves the Christmas holidays, but this year, still mourning her beloved grandmother who passed last year, it’s getting more difficult for her to summon up her holiday cheer. Now that her two best friends and business partners are both in happy relationships, Eva’s goal for the Christmas season is meeting someone she might find happiness with too. But first she has a job to do. One of her elderly clients has hired her to decorate her grandson’s luxurious penthouse apartment while […]