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I’m an avid reader and like most readers, I have my favorite authors. It never fails that when the next James Patterson “Alex Cross” book is released, I am there at the bookstore on that Tuesday (new books, CD’s and DVD’s are typically released on Tuesdays). When I read that Patterson was dabbling in romance, I wasn’t so sure. He was amazing at making me bite my nails at the suspense in his mysteries, but a romance?

Jane Margaux is a lonely little girl. Her father is basically absent, her mother a high powered Broadway producer. The only time Vivienne (her mother) has for Jane is on Sundays, when they stroll the streets of New York and go admire the lovely things at Tiffany’s. Her best (and only) friend is Michael, who is invisible to everyone but her. Some would call Michael “imaginary”, but he wasn’t to Jane. They shared ice cream on Sundays and he walked her to school each day. Until, that is, her 9th birthday, when the rules stated that Michael had to go away. Children usually forget their imaginary friends as time faded, but Jane swore she never would….

Twenty-three years later, Jane is a successful playwright. She still, however, is more trapped by her overbearing mother. Her fiance, while proclaiming to love her, is pushing her to allow him to star in the movie version of her play. One day, she meets a man who is funny and warm…and his name is Michael. Of all the children Michael has been an imaginary friend to, he never forgot Jane Margeaux and he wonders why their paths crossed again. And how was it that, unlike all the other children, Jane never forgot him? Can the best friend of her past turn out to be the true love of her life?

I will confess that I read Sunday at Tiffany’s in one day…. I dismissed my need for sleep and stayed up until the last page had been turned. Parts of the book made me smile and parts of the book made me all kinds of weepy. So in answer to my doubts? Yes, James Patterson (this time with help from Gabrielle Charbonnet) can write a page-turning romance.

If you want to read a story that shows you love from many angles, be sure and check out Sunday at Tiffany’s. It will be time well spent!

Posted by Deb in Arts: Books, Music & Movies |

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