He’s also honest and ready to stick up for Jenna, even if it means telling some home truths to his (revolting) mother. Likewise, Eric has his flaws – betting on video games and playing them for hours – but he’s also sweet, emotionally mature and very level-headed. Jenna isn’t a saint in this novel, she makes dumb decisions (like showing Eric off like he’s her child or trophy) and she is also a fan of yellow Skittles (which to me, are firmly in the average category). This is one of the pair’s sticking points – what should or could they give up for a relationship? It’s quite detailed and their differences in life stages are highlighted in both the funny (a dinner party gone wrong with drugs) and the uncomfortable (a child’s costume party with Jenna being really awkward). Eric is younger at 22, and although he’s pretty mature, Jenna is very conscious that he hasn’t lived outside being a student nor launched his career. She has to reassess her priorities to see if they would work in her current life and make the decision whether to ditch some things to get those.

Jenna has had a hard time, and feels like she wasted her thirties on someone who wasn’t what she thought they were. The Perfect Find is more than the romance, it’s about each character working through what they do and do want in their lives and how to get there. Do they try a relationship? Will they get sacrifice their own dreams to be together? Eric is much younger than Jenna but comes with his own baggage (not to mention the different stage of his life – weed and video games). It starts off awkward, turns angry but then Jenna and Eric are the best of friends with a heavy underlying chemistry. Later, that younger man turns out to be her new colleague Eric who she has to shoot a series of videos for. She still has her friends and it’s at an event where she meets a hot young man. She’s working for peanuts for a fashion website, with her nemesis at the helm and she’s living in a not-so-great apartment in Brooklyn.

She’s ready to face the world again, but things are not what they used to be. Jenna Jones has come back to New York after everything falling apart – her love life, job, apartment and well…everything.

It’s also a fun look into the world of fashion and media – oh, and with a hot romance too. The Perfect Find is a bit lighter, but still packs an emotional punch towards the end. I knew I had to get stuck into her backlist. Tia Williams is an author that flew under my radar until last year’s soul destroying, all-encompassing Seven Days in June. Why I chose it: Loved Seven Days in June with all my heart. The not-so-good: Some of the brands and celebrities name dropped are a bit old in 2022, but hey, that’s life. The good: The chemistry between Jenna and Eric, and the matching of their wits. She’s taken a job working for her nemesis, her ex has moved on and she’s got a thing for a much younger man. In brief: Jenna has made a return to New York to start again.

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