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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)
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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
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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
Chapter Seven: Celia and Stewart’s apartment, 91st Street Upper West Side
Chapter Eight: Private loft apartment, Upper West Side
Chapter Nine: Hudson River Books, 8th Avenue, Brooklyn
Chapter Ten: Chez Henri, Upper West Side
Chapter Eleven: Hudson River Books, 8th Avenue, Brooklyn
Chapter Twelve: Private loft apartment, Upper West Side
Chapter Thirteen: Private loft apartment, Upper West Side
Chapter Fourteen: Private loft apartment, Upper West Side
Chapter Fifteen: Private loft apartment, Upper West Side
Chapter Sixteen: Vacant office suite, McKevitt Buildings, Broadway
Chapter Seventeen: Beads & Beans craft and coffee store, Brooklyn
Chapter Eighteen: Jake’s new office, McKevitt Buildings, Broadway
Chapter Nineteen: Hudson River Books, 8th Avenue, Brooklyn
Chapter Twenty: Jake’s practice, McKevitt Buildings, Broadway
Chapter Twenty-One: Hudson River Books, 8th Avenue, Brooklyn
Chapter Twenty-Two: Jake’s practice, McKevitt Buildings, Broadway
Chapter Twenty-Three: Bea’s apartment, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
Chapter Twenty-Four: Jake’s apartment, 826B Jefferson Street, Williamsburg
Chapter Twenty-Five: Hudson River Books, 8th Avenue, Brooklyn
Chapter Twenty-Six: Hudson River Books, 8th Avenue, Brooklyn
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Monty’s Italian restaurant, Columbus Avenue, Upper West Side
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Beads & Beans craft and coffee store, Brooklyn
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Jake’s practice, McKevitt Buildings, Broadway
Chapter Thirty: Corner of 42nd Street and Park Avenue
Chapter Thirty-One: Kowalski’s, corner of West 68th and Columbus, Upper West Side
Chapter Thirty-Two: Cheese-A-Go-Go!, SoHo
Chapter Thirty-Three: Hudson River Books, 8th Avenue, Brooklyn
Chapter Thirty-Four: The Comedy Cavern, 7th Avenue, Brooklyn
Chapter Thirty-Five: Jake’s practice, McKevitt Buildings, Broadway
Chapter Thirty-Six: Hudson River Books, 8th Avenue, Brooklyn
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Javacious coffee shop, East 43rd Street
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Celia and Stewart’s apartment, 91st Street, Upper West Side
Chapter Thirty-Nine: W New York Hotel lobby, Lexington Avenue
Chapter Forty: Imelda’s apartment, 7th Avenue, Brooklyn
Chapter Forty-One: Empire State Building, 5th Avenue
Chapter Forty-Two: Hudson River Books, 8th Avenue, Brooklyn
Chapter Forty-Three: Harry’s Bar, Midtown Manhattan
Chapter Forty-Four: Hudson River Books, 8th Avenue, Brooklyn
Chapter Forty-Five: The Steinmann family home, Hampton Bays, Long Island
Chapter Forty-Six: The Steinmann family home, Hampton Bays, Long Island
Chapter Forty-Seven: The Steinmann family home, Hampton Bays, Long Island
Chapter Forty-Eight: Apartment 18D, 142 Allen Street, Lower East Side
Chapter Forty-Nine: Jake’s practice, McKevitt Buildings, Broadway,
Chapter Fifty: Christmas in New York
Chapter Fifty-One: Sheehan, Sheehan and Owen offices, East 43rd Street
Chapter Fifty-Two: Bea’s apartment, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
Chapter Fifty-Three: Sheehan, Sheehan and Owen offices, East 43rd Street
Chapter Fifty-Four: Central Park, Manhattan
Chapter Fifty-Five: A yellow New York taxi, travelling west, Manhattan
Chapter Fifty-Six: Kowalski’s, corner of West 68th and Columbus, Upper West Side
