A Magical New York Christmas

De: Anita Hughes

Narrado por: Kelli Tager

A magical holiday love story set at the glamorous Plaza Hotel in New York City.

It’s Christmas week when 26-year-old Sabrina Post knocks on the door of the Vanderbilt suite at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, ready to accept the ghostwriting position for the memoir of Grayson Westcott - a famous art dealer.

A struggling journalist, Sabrina can’t believe her luck: a paycheck and six nights in her own suite at the Plaza. She feels like Eloise, the heroine from her favorite children’s books. To make the job even more exciting, Grayson recounts how he worked as a butler at the Plaza 60 years ago for none other than the author of the Eloise books, Kay Thompson.

What promises to be a perfect week is complicated when Sabrina meets Ian Wentworth, a handsome British visitor, at the hotel bar. When Ian assumes Sabrina is another wealthy guest at the hotel, she doesn’t correct him - a decision she doesn’t regret after learning that Ian is a member of the British aristocracy. But, things are not what they seem. The truth is: Ian is not a wealthy lord; he’s actually the personal secretary of Lord Spencer Braxton.

As the week unfolds, will Sabrina and Ian learn the truth about one another?

Filled with the magic that can only be found at the Plaza Hotel during the holidays, and revealing facts about the author of the Eloise books, the novel is both a holiday treat and a heartwarming story that reminds us that falling in love is the greatest miracle of all.

©2021 Anita Hughes (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing

Sweet story

Enjoyed the book. It has many characters with adjacent stories to keep interest. Sweet story.

Fairly Typical Christmas Romance

It was fairly formulaic, with a few agonizingly dumb decisions by the main characters. But overall it was a fun Christmas listen. Narrator was great!

Slow ride to a predictable ending

Admittedly I am not a reader or watcher of “Hallmark channel” type of stories, so it’s not surprising that I didn’t love it. It just took too long to get to the predictable happy ending. I did learn a lot about the Plaza Hotel in New York and it makes me want to go there. The narrator was also just a bit too much, a bit over the top for me. But again, if this is your type of story you may enjoy it.

Sweet Story

It was a cute little Christmas Story. The characters were enjoyable. Quick and easy read.

What a beautiful story!

I enjoyed this books so much. At first it was because I like anything to do with New York or Christmas. But then I fell in love with the characters all of them.
Not just Ian and Sabrina but each character had such charm in their own way.
The author was so detailed making me feel like I was at The Plaza for Christmas. Also when Grayson was telling his story you could picture things in the 60’s.
I won’t say more because I might give too much away.
The narrator did a wonderful job with reading the story and had such a pleasant voice for each character.
Excellent read/listen for the Holidays or anytime!

*multiple point of view
*love story
*Holiday themed

Unique and Magical

I really enjoyed this Christmas story! I loved the multiple timelines and how the stories came together. Of course, the setting of NYC at Christmas was impeccable and just felt so incredibly magical. A story centered around books and writing felt extra special as well, so this is the book for you if you’re wanting a holiday story with heart and depth ❤️

Christmas at The Plaza!

Such a warm Christmas read. I enjoyed it. I caused me to watch the Eloise movies with my grandchildren. Five stars hands down.

Enjoy

This holiday cozy is worth the listen. It covers 2 time periods but isn't confusing. Lots of descriptions of NYC and the Plaza hotel are well integrated into the story so it doesn't feel like a travel log. Main Characters are pleasant but could have been fleshed out a bit more and less predictable.

Wonderful story

I haven’t listened to a better Christmas romance. The characters were engaging and the story within the story just as “magical”.

Romance From Another Era

This is an old fashioned romantic story , like you would see in an old MGM movie. I loved it !