Get ready for my dream cast line up and character introduction for my romance book Accepting the Unexpected. How do you like it??? :D

Leila Pierce, Creative Director Sleek magazine:

Blake Collins, Actor/Model 

Richard Speal , former NFL player:

James Higgins, RAF engineer.

Jessie , Receptionist at Sleek Magazine.

Miranda Cain, Editor and chef Sleek Magazine.

Jasper Sharratt, Fashion Designer.

Whoever said love hurts... was not lying! When Leila Pierce, a creative director for a magazine named "Sleek" got brutally ditched by the man she thought she was going to end up with, that was just the start of her life being turned upside down. After the heartbreaking betrayal, she then found herself in a dark emotional tunnel, veering towards depression.
She finds herself packing her bags and leaving Cornwall, England and heading to New York to help Sleek international magazine make it big in the US. Leila is great at her job, and this means she can quell any anxiety over this amazing opportunity, and when she somehow gets introduced to Blake Collins, an actor and model, things start to look up. 
To add more drama to the mix, she also meets the mysterious Richard Speal, a retired NFL player with a drinking problem and some pretty big emotional baggage of his own. She finds herself inexplicably drawn to Richard—could they be kindred spirits?
How could she possibly fall for another man when she's still broken from the last one? And the bigger question is: which man? 
The one that is too good to be true?
 The mysterious one? 

OR
 The one she thought she was supposed to be with in the first place?
Too many questions and not enough answers. She needs to work all this out and impress her boss, Miranda Cain, editor and chief at Sleek NY by making the magazine a success. That's a lot for anyone to deal with right? 

What should I say about this book?! It is a little diamond! If I had to use some words for it, these would be: fresh, funny, glamorous, stylish, adorable but even serious as it has to do with a really important issue. Depression.

Let's take it from the start. I love chick lit. You know I do, I told you that at my last post. I love the humorous ways it deals with some problems and issues, either these are relationships, or anything more serious. This one has to do with depression. Depression is a serious medical illness. It is a state of low mood (melancholy), that affects a person's thoughts, activities, feelings and generally life. It makes us feel sad, anxious, hopeless and having a low self-esteem. The great trap is that sometimes the person who is under the affect of depression, cannot even recognize it, unless someone else make it clear to them, and most of the times it is hard to admit and accept it.

Our story has to do with a British young lady, Leila, who works at a great magazine and is in a relationship with James, a man that travels a lot and never has enough time for her. After some situations she decides to break up with him and make up her life... READ MORE ON Eve's Bookish World

Self-published (25th June 2017) 

ASIN: B073BLP8JK

Source:  Author provided review copy

Rating:  4*

Synopsis:

Whoever said love hurts... was not lying!

When Leila Pierce, a creative director for a magazine named "Sleek" got brutally ditched by the man she thought she was going to end up with, that was just the start of her life being turned upside down. After the heartbreaking betrayal, she then found herself in a dark emotional tunnel, veering towards depression.
She finds herself packing her bags and leaving Cornwall, England and heading to New York to help Sleek international magazine make it big in the US. Leila is great at her job, and this means she can quell any anxiety over this amazing opportunity, and when she somehow gets introduced to Blake Collins, an actor and model, things start to look up. 
To add more drama to the mix, she also meets the mysterious Richard Speal, a retired NFL player with a drinking problem and some pretty big emotional baggage of his own. She finds herself inexplicably drawn to Richard—could they be kindred spirits?
How could she possibly fall for another man when she's still broken from the last one? And the bigger question is: which man? 
The one that is too good to be true?
The mysterious one? 
OR
The one she thought she was supposed to be with in the first place?
Too many questions and not enough answers. She needs to work all this out and impress her boss, Miranda Cain, editor and chief at Sleek NY by making the magazine a success. That's a lot for anyone to deal with right?

Review:

This book was very much an unexpected treat! Central character Leila is finding her feet in a strange city, and attracting the attention of more than one gorgeous man. Leila is vulnerable and rather naïve, but rather likeable. During the course of the book, we discover Leila is suffering from depression and anxiety. This subject is covered sensitively, you can tell the author has researched the subject well.

Leila's flatmate Jessie, boss Miranda, Blake & Richard are well written and all important to the plot, which is a twist on the classic love triangle. Other minor characters that appear have their part to play too, and are intelligently written. I did guess from their first meeting who Leila would end up with, but that really didn't matter as I still enjoyed the story very much.

This book could definitely do with a proofread and edit. This would tidy up all the little mistakes and give the book a more polished feel. Readers of chick lit will enjoy this heartwarming tale of romance in the Big Apple. Special thanks to the author for providing me with a review copy in return for my honest review.

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Accepting the Unexpected - Mollie Jo Joseph