A Winter in New York: A Novel

A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the loveand lifeshes been looking for in this stunning novel from the New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December. When Iris decides to move to New York to restart her life, she realizes she underestimated how big the Big Apple really isall the nostalgic movies set in New York shed watched with her mom while eating their special secret-recipe gelato didnt quite do it justice. But Bobby, Iriss best friend, isnt about to let her hide away. He drags her to a famous autumn street fair in Little Italy, and as they walk through the food stalls, a little family-run gelateria catches her eyecould it be the same shop thats in an old photo of her mothers? Curious, Iris returns the next day and meets the handsome Gio, who tells her that the shop is in danger of closing. His uncle, sole keeper of their familys gelato recipe, is recovering from a stroke and can no longer remember it, so they cant make more. When Iris samples the last remaining batch, she realizes that their gelato and her gelato are one and the same. But how can she tell them she knows their secret recipe when shes not sure why Gios uncle gave it to her mother in the first place? Iris offers her services as a chef to help them re-create the flavor and finds herself falling for Gio and his family. But when Gios uncle finally wakes up, all of the secrets Iris has been keeping threaten to ruin the new lifeand new loveshes been building all winter long.