Name: English Girl in New York
ISBN: 9780373742745

Scarlet Wilson

Rescued on her doorstep After an annus horribilis, the glittering lights of Manhattan are irresistible to English girl Carrie McKenzie. She's climbed the Empire State Building, but can't get a smile from her gorgeous neighbor! Until a tiny abandoned baby on her doorstep brings her to his door.... Cop Dan Cooper has an obligation to protect, and with Carrie out of her depth, he must come to her rescue. Surely two pairs of hands are better than one? Until she becomes a distraction, not just because of her tempting curves, but because of the pain in her eyes when she looks at the precious bundle in their charge....

English Girl in New York

Angela Guilherme

*I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

I have a predilection for romances where the hero and the heroine are neighbors so when I read the synopsis for this book I couldn't resist requesting it on NetGalley.

Carrie McKenzie is an English woman living and working in New York, for a year. She's still feeling the effects of the annus horribilis and not even the fact of being in another continent seems to get her out of the autopilot her life has become...

Until the day she's sent home sooner because there is a snowstorm for which the city was not prepared seeing it's only October, and everyone is advised to stay home for the next days.

But already at home, Carrie listens to a strange sound outside and ends up finding a baby at the door of the building. Completely panicking, she knocks on the door of her downstairs neighbor. Who just so happens to be a cop...

Dan Cooper has had his share of the snowstorm, having injured himself while saving a group of people from being buried under the snow, which forces him to stay indoors like the rest of the population, instead of on duty with his colleagues. So when his upstairs neighbor shows up on his door with a baby, he has no intention of letting her leave him alone with the baby.

Dan immediately contacts his precinct and is informed that circulation in town is completely interdicted and it will be impossible for someone to pick the baby up until the weather improves. Luckily Dan has a pediatrician friend (talk about coincidences) that tells him what to do over the phone.

Carrie is divided between wanting to help Dan and take care of the baby, or take refuge at home until the snowstorm passes. Because the whole situation reminds her of her annus horribilis and she's afraid of not being able to deal with it.

The forced cohabitation ends up getting Carrie and Dan closer and they form an improvised family of sorts while taking care of the baby. But besides Carrie's problems, there is also the question of Dan's traumas to surpass...

I liked the story and the protagonists and I also liked that the ending didn't resort to the easiest solution. But it felt forced to me and I would have been more pleased if, in the end, Dan had only given Carrie two presents instead of three.

Chantale

I am surprised I actually really liked this book. Lately I haven't been enjoying these Harlequin novels but this one was very good. Sure it was predictable but I did enjoy it and I did it all in one evening.

If you are looking for a easy romantic read I recommend this book.