A Manhattan Heiress in Paris by Amanda McCabe

 

Synopsis:

Step into the roaring 1920s Parisian music scene

Leaving Manhattan…

For a secret Parisian affair…

New York darling Elizabeth Van Hoeven has everything…except freedom. But now Eliza’s traveling to study piano at the Paris Conservatoire and falling for jazz prodigy Jack Coleman in the process! A love like theirs is forbidden back home, and as they make beautiful music together under the Parisian lights, Eliza and Jack face a difficult choice: the life they’ve always known, or the possibility of a life they never could have imagined… 

Review:

A Manhattan Heiress In Paris is a beautiful tale about freedom. Freedom from social conventions, freedom from judgement and the freedom of being our true selves.

Jack and Elizabeth found their freedom through the music in the wonderful and outlandish Paris of the 20s of the last century.

Elizabeth Van Hoeven and Jack Coleman come from worlds apart, the first is a white lady from the Fifth Avenue who plays the piano, a black trumpatist from Harlem the latter, but their worlds collide in the beauty of the music. They know that is risky for them to fall in love, but when the fate makes them meet in Paris they try to live in their artistic bubble full of love and happiness.

"People like them couldn't belong together. But, just for that one flashing instant in the Parisian night, she was his-and he was hers forever."

I loved these characters. Eliza naivety and her dreamy attitude are endearing, Jack deep affection and sense of protection for Eliza are swoon worthy. Jack and Eliza are a match made in heaven, they understand each other so well they can see each other soul.

I appreciated how Amanda McCabe depicted these dark times of our history, she told a credible story without too much heaviness.

Reading about some famous writers, painters, composers and musicists helped me to best frame the period this story took place.

I recommend to read this book.

Release Date: 03.28.2023