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An insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation.
One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming...
Nora Stephens' life is books--she's read them all--and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.
Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters' trip away--with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she's convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they've met many times and it's never been cute.
If Nora knows she's not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he's nobody's hero, but as they are thrown together again and again--in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow--what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they've written about themselves.
"Emily Henry never fails to deliver ... this may just be her best yet."--Taylor Jenkins Reid
Staff Choice: Lília
This is a book you start laughing, cry and root for the heroine, all at the same time.
Nora is a wonderfully sketched character, and she's SO real! It took me some time, but I quickly fell in love with her, and her life's choices. Her voice is so clear! Her life evolves around her sister and family, so she really needs to do everything she can to keep their sisterly friendship going. And through Nora, we learn to understand her sister.
Because you only hear Nora's voice, you don't really know Charlie that well. But slowly you see him becoming more clear and he is such an interesting character!
Their emotional journeys are different, but all connected, and it's told in such a beautiful way. I really loved it.
I haven't read Emily Henry's other books yet, but I will certainly read them now!
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