The Elixir of a New York Night

Ashton Spencer is a romantically jaded woman with both mommy and daddy issues and totally without hope for a silver lining when it comes to her personal life. Sure she believed in the magic of a New York night, the city hadn't beaten the optimism from her yet, it's just she believed in it for other people. Never herself. She chalked it up to the fact that she is a brown skinned woman driven by a killer ambition to become the youngest Creative director at GQ. Raised with strong, conflicting viewpoints on the way a romantic relationship is supposed to go, she finds herself at a loss when it comes to the often Hunger Game-like dating situation in Manhattan until a blind date sets her up with Martin Avery, a surgical intern. He has all the makings of being the man of her dreams but in a place like New York, or Earth in general, that usually has the makings of a very big mistake.
Martin doesn't disappoint in that theory, living up to her pessimistic expectations in a way more fantastical than even she could imagine. Ashton navigates heartbreak, promotion and an unexpected life change with the skill of a newborn giraffe as her estranged parents make their boisterous reentrance into her once semi-serene life. No matter how many steps she plans, she is always set back ten more. That is until she meets Clark Lenox, a prominent architect with dragon like eyes and a killer smile who is more than willing to sweep her off her intractable feet. His persistence is endearing but with her scattered life and unpredictable emotions pulling her, does she have the room in her heart for the kind of love he offers?
Does she want too?
THE ELIXIR OF A NEW YORK NIGHT is a women's fiction where the LIPSTICK JUNGLE work world meets the romance of THE GREAT GATSBY with Ashton taking on the similar position of Jay Gatsby **Unedited First Draft**