A Manhattan Heiress in Paris

I have been given a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

A Manhattan Heiress in Paris is a romance set in 1920’s New York and Paris. It centers on the relationship between Elizabeth “Eliza” Van Hoeven and Jack Coleman. Eliza is a young white woman from one of New York’s finest families and Jack is a young black man from Harlem. They both bond over their love of music. Eliza plays the piano and Jack plays the trumpet.

The references to jazz music and how it makes the characters feel was a nice addition to a story about love, freedom and how music can unite people.

There are visits throughout the book by Ernest Hemingway, F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and Gerald and Sara Murphy. This is a fun nod to how Paris after the First World War was inhabited by influential artists of the time.

As race is a running theme throughout the novel it highlights the struggles that people of colour faced at that time and still face today. The swoon worthy moments of Eliza and Jack’s relationship such as the picnics they have, which is just the two of them enjoying life and being together, doesn’t ignore the proverbial elephant in the room and how they will try and be together at all costs.

A Manhattan Heiress in Paris is a beautiful story on how mutual interests and love can not change who you are or where you are from but it can make the world a happier place.