I’ll Take New York

I’ll Take New York
Miranda Dickinson

The author of the Sunday Times bestselling Take a Look at Me Now, returns to New York with her most heart-warming, romantic story yet.Have you ever given up on love?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 . . .

PRAISE FOR MIRANDA DICKINSON AND I’LL TAKE NEW YORK: (#ulink_b601e251-a930-57d9-a51a-785ba49d7470)

‘I’ll Take New York is like meeting up with your very best friend, full of charm, warmth, wit and wonder, you’ll never want to say goodbye.’

Rowan Coleman

‘Miranda works her magic again … a sparkling, romantic, feelgood gem of a story with massive heart.’

Julie Cohen

‘Miranda Dickinson has given us yet another wonderful warm-hearted and wise novel with characters you can’t help but fall in love with. I’ll Take New Yorkis the perfect treat to snuggle up with on a cold winter’s evening.’

Ali Harris

‘Warm, feel-good and utterly enchanting, I’ll Take New York will magically transport you into a world you won’t want to leave.’

Cally Taylor

‘The characters are irresistible, the settings magical – I was transported to the New York of my dreams, for the tiniest fraction of the air fare. The perfect treat for readers who already know and love Miranda’s novels – and those who have yet to discover her fantastic story-telling.’

Kate Harrison (bestselling author of The Secret Shopper series)

‘The perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter’s eve.’

Closer

MIRANDA DICKINSON

I’ll Take New York

Copyright (#uead3715c-2e48-5b21-b724-6f45356b53d6)

AVON

HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2014

Copyright © Miranda Dickinson 2014

Cover illustration © Eum Hayoung 2014

Miranda Dickinson asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library.

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9781847562340

Ebook Edition © December 2014 ISBN: 9780007574360

Version: 2014-11-27

Dedication (#uead3715c-2e48-5b21-b724-6f45356b53d6)

For my lovely friend Ebs. This isn’t quite the top of the Empire State, but it’ll have to do – Zupini Girls forever! xx

‘New York is where you prove if what you think in theory makes sense in life.’

Miuccia Prada (1949–)

Contents

Cover (#u103675b1-d5d6-5357-b843-4268002156af)

Praise for Miranda Dickinson (#ue2979a19-729b-5482-8c0f-1367d795087c)

Title Page (#u9aa4b986-47a1-5b1f-aad7-d81b5621a8ae)

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph (#uc337bcdf-12b9-5820-ac32-8c7aae2591a5)

Chapter One: Stromoli’s restaurant, 11th Street, Brooklyn

Chapter Two: Departures Hall, San Francisco International Airport, California

Chapter Three: Hudson River Books, 8th Avenue, Brooklyn

Chapter Four: Jake’s apartment, 826B Jefferson Street, Williamsburg

Chapter Five: Hudson River Books, 8th Avenue, Brooklyn

Chapter Six: Kowalski’s, corner of West 68th and Columbus, Upper West Side