About the Book

Book: The Fifth Avenue Story Society
Author: Rachel Hauck
Genre: Contemporary Romance/ Women’s Fiction
Release Date: February 4, 2020

An invitation to join The Fifth Avenue Story Society gives five New York strangers a chance to rewrite their own stories.

Executive assistant Lexa is eager for a much-deserved promotion, but her boss is determined to keep her underemployed.

Literature professor Jett is dealing with a broken heart, as well as a nagging suspicion his literary idol, Gordon Phipps Roth, might be a fraud.

Uber driver Chuck just wants a second chance with his kids.

Aging widower Ed is eager to write the true story of his incredible marriage.

Coral, queen of the cosmetics industry, has broken her engagement and is on the verge of losing her great grandmother’s multimillion-dollar empire.

When all five New Yorkers receive an anonymous, mysterious invitation to the Fifth Avenue Story Society, they suspect they’re victims of a practical joke. No one knows who sent the invitations or why. No one has heard of the literary society. And no one is prepared to bear their deepest secrets to a roomful of strangers.

Yet curiosity and loneliness bring them back week after week to the old library. And it’s there they discover the stories of their hearts, and the kind of friendship and love that heals their souls.

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My Review

This book combined sweet romance, learning to hope and deal with the past, finding the Lord, and a love for books together with beautiful, complex characters that were so down to earth. The book is like an onion with many layers and a story for each character that takes time and effort to unravel. The emotion conveyed really makes you feel part of the characters' lives as they make realizations and feel emotions of their own as the story deepens. The spiritual thread is natural and inspiring, and the romance is real and slow blossoming. This book is one of those rare ones I can say would be perfect for literally any fiction reader because it is so multi-faceted. All the sub plots, each characters so uniquely developed with their own story to tell and realize for the future, and I loved Gilda the librarian and her quirky, secretive self. I honestly recommend this one for any fiction reader- probably more female, but I feel some male readers would enjoy as well.

I received a complimentary copy of this book, and all opinions given are entirely my own.

About the Author

Rachel Hauck is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA TODAY bestselling author of The Wedding Dress, which was also named Inspirational Novel of the Year by Romantic Times and was a RITA finalist. Rachel lives in central Florida with her husband and pet and writes from her ivory tower. Visit her online at RachelHauck.com; Facebook: RachelHauck; Twitter: @RachelHauck; Instagram: @rachelhauck.