Miracle on 5th Avenue tells the story of hopeless romantic Eva Jordan who, along with friends Paige and Frankie, is one part of Urban Genie event services. Eva is ready to take the upcoming holidays by storm, both figuratively and literally. Eva is ready to get out of her dating rut and actually meet something hopefully getting the happily ever after she's always dreamed about. 
 But first, Eva has a job to get done for a client / friend: decorate her grandson's house for Christmas while he's away. The grandson just happens to be famous crime writer Lucas Blade. Who also happens to be home. With a terrible storm brewing outside, Eva is stuck with the reclusive writer, but she's determined to make the best of things and not let his surly attitude bring her down. 
 Ever since his wife tragically died three years ago, Lucas Blade has systematically shut himself off from life. Even going so far as to tell everyone he's away at a writer's retreat when actually he's holed up alone at home. Coupled with the fact that it looks as though writer's block is going to keep him from finishing his new book by the Christmas deadline; a perky stranger invading his home with Christmas decorations is the last thing he wants to deal with. But when inspiration strikes when he and Eva start talking, Lucas tries to quickly figure out how to keep her around, and tries to keep convincing himself that he only wants her around for the inspiration she has on his writing. 
 I loved the mood that Miracle on 5th Street captured. Starting with being snowed in and then of course with the underlying Christmas holiday theme. It was a perfectly cozy kind of romantic read. 
 Eva was a great character. I loved her unapologetic optimism where love is concerned even in the face of so much sadness that surrounds her (both her own experience with losing her grandmother, and with Lucas' dire sort of approach to all things love). I loved that regardless of what she goes through over the course of the story, her idealism regarding love is the one constant that I'm happy she never questions or waivers on. She's realistic in her views about knowing that not all relationships are happy ones or end on a happy note, but she doesn't let it color what she hopes for / want in her life. I think it was very important that she doesn't lose sight of this. But it was also important to show that Eva is not blinded by her ideals. 
 Instead we get a Christmas grinch in the form of Lucas Blade who's view of love and relationships has skewed so much since the loss of his wife and it doesn't help that he writes stories where people are constantly under suspicion and untrustworthy. He brings his writing into his perception of his real life, which isn't by any means wrong, but it does end up coloring how he views other people. Eva changes that for him. She is an unexpected anomaly in his world. She continually surprises him, and I loved that, for him, Eva was unpredictable. 
 Overall, I really enjoyed this story and as we get closer to the Christmas holiday, I love getting immersed in stories with snow, and lights, and happily-ever-afters.