The Eggnog Chronicles by Carly Alexander

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Are New Yorkers cursed when it comes to finding true love? Or are their visions merely hampered by the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple?

Carly Alexander provides her readers with a glimpse into the colorful life of three ladies, born and bred in New York. Celeb obit writer Jane Conner is the cynical older sister, and she describes her love life with these equations: Great sex = great time. Commitment = annoyance overload. Her sister Ricki Conner is the Christmas junkie, who left the winters of New York for the summers of Carolina in the hopes of getting a ring on her finger. Emma Dombrowski, or Emma Dee, is ready for the big M, motherhood...the catch: she's pregnant with another man's baby.

It was a delight to journey with these witty, sassy ladies and you can't help but cheer along with them when they have finally found that elusive true love.

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

A poignant story of a love found...and lost.

Landon Carter gave Jaime Sullivan his word that he would never fall in love with her. Without any adequate explanation, except that he thought it was the right thing to do, Landon began doing things for Jaime, things he had never done before. Within weeks of being with her, Landon broke his word. Just when he feels everything is perfect, Jaime tells him the painful truth: she has leukemia and she's dying.

I'm a sucker for happy endings. Who isn't? In this novel by Nicholas Sparks, the heroine dies and leaves behind her handsome and beloved hero. Others may see this as the zenith of all sad endings but I see otherwise. The miracle isn't in Jaime recovering but in Landon living. Faith, indeed, can move mountains. Jaime's faith in and love for Landon made him the man nobody thought he could ever be.

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Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger

An inside look at the world of party planning and gruelling parties courtesy of the most dedicated party people ritzy New York has ever seen. Welcome to the city that never sleeps...

Everyone Worth Knowing is a light and funny read. At the end of the day, it's a romance story with just the right New York twist.