Cornelia Brown manages a coffee shop, and when Martin Grace enters, her life is changed forever.  Charming, debonair, the image of Cary Grant, Cornelia is swept off her feet.  Cornelia is forever comparing her life to classic movie scenes.  On the other side of town, Clare Hobbes is learning to fend for herself as her mother becomes increasingly unstable.  She finally has a breakdown and disappears.  Clare gets the courage from famous orphans to search for her father and when the two of them show up in Cornelia’s cafe, Cornelia and Clare form a deep bond.  Now Cornelia needs to help Clare find her mother, bond with her father and together they must face difficult choices and learn that knowing what you love and why is one of the most important things in life.  

If this reviewer could only use a few words to critique this book with, then she could only say...you have got to read it!  This is Maria de los Santos’ debut book and it is touching, warm-hearted, passionate, elegant and all the lovely adjectives you can think of.  Easy to read, the reader will be rooting and cheering for its characters and definitely, as this reviewer did, reach for a whole box of tissues.  It’s a story about the responsibility of love, about finding love where you least expect it and it is witty, sassy and powerful.  It’s a modern day fairy tale, including charming princes and a happily ever after ending.  It’s a story with lots of human wisdom in it.  This reviewer not only gives it a five rating, but a resounding five! 

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