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Any Trope but You: A Novel
A bestselling romance author flees to Alaska to reinvent herself and write her first murder mystery, but the rugged resort proprietor soon has her fearing she’s living in a rom-com plot instead in this internationally bestselling debut by Victoria Lavine.
Beloved romance author Margot Bradley has a dark secret: she doesn’t believe in Happily Ever Afters. Not for herself, not for her readers, and not even for her characters, for whom she secretly writes alternate endings that swap weddings and babies for divorce papers and the occasional slashed tire. When her Happily Never After document is hacked and released to the public, she finds herself canceled by her readers and dropped by her publisher.
Desperate to find a way to continue supporting her chronically ill sister, Savannah, Margot decides to trade meet-cutes for murder. The fictional kind. Probably. But when Savannah books Margot a six-week stay in a remote Alaskan resort to pen her first murder mystery, Margot finds herself running from a moose and leaping into the arms of the handsome proprietor, making her fear she’s just landed in a romance novel instead.
The last thing Dr. Forrest Wakefield ever expected was to leave his dream job as a cancer researcher to become a glorified bellhop. What he’s really doing at his family’s resort is caring for his stubborn, ailing father, and his puzzle-loving mind is slowly freezing over—until Margot shows up. But Forrest doesn’t have any room in his life for another person he could lose, especially one with a checkout date.
As long snowy nights and one unlikely trope after another draw Margot and Forrest together, they’ll each have to learn to overcome their fears and set their aside assumptions before Margot leaves—or risk becoming a Happily Never After story themselves.
Beloved romance author Margot Bradley has a dark secret: she doesn’t believe in Happily Ever Afters. Not for herself, not for her readers, and not even for her characters, for whom she secretly writes alternate endings that swap weddings and babies for divorce papers and the occasional slashed tire. When her Happily Never After document is hacked and released to the public, she finds herself canceled by her readers and dropped by her publisher.
Desperate to find a way to continue supporting her chronically ill sister, Savannah, Margot decides to trade meet-cutes for murder. The fictional kind. Probably. But when Savannah books Margot a six-week stay in a remote Alaskan resort to pen her first murder mystery, Margot finds herself running from a moose and leaping into the arms of the handsome proprietor, making her fear she’s just landed in a romance novel instead.
The last thing Dr. Forrest Wakefield ever expected was to leave his dream job as a cancer researcher to become a glorified bellhop. What he’s really doing at his family’s resort is caring for his stubborn, ailing father, and his puzzle-loving mind is slowly freezing over—until Margot shows up. But Forrest doesn’t have any room in his life for another person he could lose, especially one with a checkout date.
As long snowy nights and one unlikely trope after another draw Margot and Forrest together, they’ll each have to learn to overcome their fears and set their aside assumptions before Margot leaves—or risk becoming a Happily Never After story themselves.
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4.5 Stars Rounded up to 5
Did I just find my favorite romance novel for this year?? AND it's a debut!! CUTE!!!
This book gave me everything, deep emotions, hilarious banter, perfect spice, and 2 flawed but lovable main characters. I was rooting for them from the beginning. This was such a quick read, I devoured it in one day.....but I did not want it to end.
I am looking forward to more books from this author! LOVED IT and highly recommend this book!!
Some beautiful quotes:
“She’s the end of me but also the beginning.”
“I think he sees every hidden part of me, and for the first time ever, being known doesn’t feel like a threat. It feels like coming home.”
“But the thing I’ve learned about hollowness-the kind that’s carved from pain- is that the deeper it goes, the more room it leaves for love. And when love finally rushes in, it fills every dark and twisty crevice with a light almost too brilliant to bear. “ ♥️
4.5 Stars Rounded up to 5
Did I just find my favorite romance novel for this year?? AND it's a debut!! CUTE!!!
This book gave me everything, deep emotions, hilarious banter, perfect spice, and 2 flawed but lovable main characters. I was rooting for them from the beginning. This was such a quick read, I devoured it in one day.....but I did not want it to end.
I am looking forward to more books from this author! LOVED IT and highly recommend this book!!
Some beautiful quotes:
“She’s the end of me but also the beginning.”
“I think he sees every hidden part of me, and for the first time ever, being known doesn’t feel like a threat. It feels like coming home.”
“But the thing I’ve learned about hollowness-the kind that’s carved from pain- is that the deeper it goes, the more room it leaves for love. And when love finally rushes in, it fills every dark and twisty crevice with a light almost too brilliant to bear. “ ♥️
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