ANNE OF AVENUE A by Audrey Bellezza

Anne Elliot doesn’t know what to do with her life anymore. Her father’s divorce means she’s losing both her home and her job. She has some savings, but not much. When a girl in her apartment building offers to rent her a room, Anne jumps at the chance. At least one problem is solved.

Fredrick needs a place to live after moving back to New York from Argentina. His real estate agent has been showing him all kinds of places, but this newest place on Avenue A has potential. He remembers that his first love lived on the street somewhere. He has no idea that he is purchasing the apartment that used to be Anne’s.

When Anne and Fredrick meet again after she broke his heart eight years ago, it’s awkward. But fate keeps throwing them together. Could they have unfinished business?

ANNE OF AVENUE A is Jane Austen’s Persuasion retold at Christmas. While this is the third companion novel (the first is Emma and the second is Pride and Prejudice), each title is a standalone. You do see characters from the previous two books. This second-chance romance hits all the right notes; Fredrick writes Anne letters, keeping with that famous scene. The secondary characters often steal their scenes. If you’re a Jane Austen fan, you won’t want to miss this one!

Jane Austen’s Persuasion meets the Big Apple in this swoon-worthy holiday romance from the authors of Elizabeth of East Hampton and Emma of 83rd Street.

Eight years ago, Anne Elliot broke Freddie Wentworth’s heart when she refused to give up her five-year plan for the sake of adventure. But despite big dreams, Anne, now thirty, is still living at home with hardly a plan in sight. Anne tries to be optimistic—she knows better than anyone that regret will get you nowhere—but that goes out the window when, thanks to her father’s bad spending habits, her childhood apartment is rented out to the very man still living in her head rent-free.

Freddie Wentworth never thought he would see Anne Elliot again after she dumped him for accepting a job overseas. He spent years trying to forget her, and he’s been mostly successful. So when a job opportunity takes him back to New York, he’s shocked to find out that Anne is not only his new neighbor, but also the former resident of his new Greenwich Village penthouse.

Nearly a decade after Anne and Freddie’s fateful romance, the only thing they still have in common is a desire to leave their relationship firmly in the past. But between a disastrous off-Broadway show and a drunken Thanksgiving dinner, nosey neighbors, and flirtatious friends, Anne and Freddie suddenly find their lives more intertwined than ever before. When old feelings start rising to the surface, they must decide whether to put their hearts on the line or walk away all over again.

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