Sophie Evans cannot wait for the day she gets to leave her small Alabama town and head to New York, where she hopes to attend college for fashion design. Now a junior, Sophie works at Every Occasion, a floral business involved in all sorts of events, from the Valentine’s Day Retirement Home Dinner to New Year’s Eve celebration. Andrew Hart is from Manhattan, but he doesn’t live in the same place for long. His famous father, Chef Jett Hart, now spends a year working with a small business owner/chef, helping them improve and expand. For the next year, Andrew and Sophie meet during these events, working for their respective employers.
Sophie finds Andrew entitled and infuriatingly aggravating. Andrew finds Sophie intriguing but unfriendly. Can they learn to deal with each other’s presence with all the guests around them? Told over nine major events, Sophie and Andrew’s hostile relationship slowly evolves into one of grudging respect and then love as they spend more time together. Each character starts as a stereotype, the girl from rural America who can’t wait to leave, and the sophisticated boy from the big city. They quickly grow into authentic individuals with dreams that are worth fighting for.
The blossoming of their relationship is slow and sweet and involves nothing more explicit than a series of kisses. The supporting cast is realistic, with Sophie and Andrew’s problematic relationship with their parents accurately portrayed. Fans of relationship novels and of West’s P.S. I Love You will devour this romantic read.
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