When her boyfriend lets her down for the last time, Brooklyn bookshop owner Bea James makes a decision – no more. No more men, no more heartbreak, and no more pain.
Psychiatrist Jake Steinmann is making a new start too, leaving his broken marriage behind in San Francisco. From now on there'll just be one love in his life: New York. At a party where they seem to be the only two singletons, Bea and Jake meet, and decide there’s just one thing for it. They will make a pact: no more relationships.
But the city has other plans . . .
I have a few authors who I make sure I pre-order each of
their books as soon as they are available on amazon and Miranda Dickinson is
one of those authors for me, I have read and enjoyed every single book by her
and I follow her on twitter to keep up with what she has planned for her next
release, so you can imagine my excitement when I found out that I’ll Take New
York was a sequel ( kind of ) to A Fairytale of New York which is my favourite
book by Miranda Dickinson.
We have two main characters in this book Bea and Jake who
are such wonderful characters. Bea is going to be a favourite with a lot of us
readers, she is soft natured loveable and she not only loves books but she also
owns a bookshop with her best friend Russ. At the beginning of the book we see
Bea waiting with her family for the arrival of her long term boyfriend Otis to
arrive for a special occasion and they all have a pretty good idea as to what
this occasion will be but there is one problem, Otis doesn’t arrive. After
constantly being let down by Otis Bea decides that she needs to move on with
her life in her own way and it is when she meets Jake at a party where they are
the only single people there that they both swore off relationships and spark a
new friendship.
Jake is sure to be a hit with the ladies he is a handsome, successful
male lead who has had his heart broken and is having to start all over again.
Miranda knows how to create the perfect male lead for us to drool over! It was
so good to be reintroduced to some much loved previous characters, Rosie and Ed
and to see what is going on in their life since we left them.
The thing I love most about Miranda’s writing style is her
descriptions, she makes things come alive in her books especially the settings
and this was the case with this book as she describes the sights around New
York and the mouth-wateringly good food as well as the pure emotions that each
of the characters have it gives life to this fictional book.
The storyline was a little predictable but in this case the
joy wasn’t in the ending itself it was the journey she took us on to get there
that made this a heart warming read.
This is yet another fabulous read by this author that I have
already found myself recommending to friends.
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