Author/Uploaded by Audrey Bellezza; Emily Harding
CONTENTS Cover Title Page Dedication Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapte...
CONTENTS Cover Title Page Dedication Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Epilogue Acknowledgments About the Authors Copyright Guide Cover Start of Content Title Page Dedication Prologue Epilogue Acknowledgments About the Authors Copyright I II III V VI VII VIII 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 “The best rom-com I’ve ever read.” —Lauren Layne, New York Times bestselling author Emma of 83rd Street A Novel Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding ADVANCE PRAISE FOR “The best romantic comedy I’ve ever read. A sparkling take on Emma that would make Jane Austen proud.” —Lauren Layne, New York Times bestselling author of Made in Manhattan “Emma of 83rd Street is a compulsive page-turner with excellent slow-burn tension. A friends-to-lovers instant favorite!” —Sarah Hogle, author of You Deserve Each Other “A delightful debut… sweeter than candy.” —Marilyn Simon Rothstein, author of Husbands and Other Sharp Objects “Austenites and rom-com fans rejoice: Emma of 83rd Street is witty, wonderful, and the best retelling of Emma since Clueless. I loved every minute of it.” —Sarvenaz Tash, coauthor of Ghosting: A Love Story To our own leading men, Tom and Mike: Thank you for all our favorite love stories. PROLOGUE It was eight p.m. on Christmas Eve and in New York City that meant three things were certain: the annual Woodhouse Christmas Party was in full swing, the residents of East 83rd Street had already deemed it a roaring success, and Mr. Woodhouse was staring at the buffet table in his dining room in abject horror. “My God, Emma,” he murmured. “How could you do this?” Emma Woodhouse smiled and waved at Mrs. Crawford, who had just arrived and was mingling with the familiar crowd under the archway of fairy lights over the foyer. She didn’t have to follow her father’s gaze down to the carefully curated array of organic canapés and gluten-free desserts to know what he was glaring at. “Dad, it’s just a cheesecake.” “It’s an abomination.” She had anticipated this. It happened last year when he demanded the calorie count for the croquembouche that the caterers had decorated to look like a Christmas tree. The year before that, he had admonished her sister Margo for using real cream on a pavlova. This time, Emma was ready. “But there’s two different fruit platters, too, see? And a vegetable tray on the other end with whole wheat pita bread and hummus.” “Hummus?” he asked hopefully, turning to look further down the table. But then his expression deflated. “It’s next to the sugar cookies.” “Yes, but they’re Fran’s sugar cookies.” He rubbed his temples. “Jesus…” “They’re in the shape of angels, actually,” she said, biting back a smile. “This isn’t funny, Emma. Do you know how much butter is in that recipe?” She was about to tell him that yes, she obviously knew since they had been making them every Christmas since the beginning of time, but before she had the chance, a hand reached between them and grabbed her father’s shoulder. “Henry, these cookies are amazing! Just amazing!” Mrs. Pawloski exclaimed, waving a decapitated angel in her hand and dusting them with crumbs. “I think this is probably my fifth one! Can you believe it? Of course, it’s Christmas so calories don’t count, at least that’s what I’m telling myself!” “Helen, please be careful,” her father said, taking the cookie