It's a Love Story
The Instant New York Times bestseller
“Poignant, funny, and bingeable, Annabel Monaghan writes five star reads.” —Abby Jimenez
From the USA Today bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script, a novel about a former adolescent TV actress-turned-Hollywood producer whose “fake it till you make it” mantra sets her on a crash course with her past, forcing her to spend a week on Long Island with the last man she thinks might make her believe in love.
Love is a lie. Laughter is the only truth.
Jane Jackson spent her adolescence as "Poor Janey Jakes," the barbecue-sauce-in-her-braces punch line on America's fifth-favorite sitcom. Now she’s trying to be taken seriously as a Hollywood studio executive by embracing a new mantra: Fake it till you make it.
Except she might have faked it too far. Desperate to get her first project greenlit and riled up by pompous cinematographer and one-time crush Dan Finnegan, she claimed that she could get mega popstar Jack Quinlan to write a song for the movie. Jack may have been her first kiss—and greatest source of shame—but she hasn’t spoken to him in twenty years.
Now Jane must turn to the last man she’d ever want to owe: Dan Finnegan. Because Jack is playing a festival in Dan’s hometown, and Dan has an in. A week in close quarters with Dan as she faces down her past is Jane's idea of hell, but he just might surprise her. While covering up her lie, can they find something true?
“Poignant, funny, and bingeable, Annabel Monaghan writes five star reads.” —Abby Jimenez
From the USA Today bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script, a novel about a former adolescent TV actress-turned-Hollywood producer whose “fake it till you make it” mantra sets her on a crash course with her past, forcing her to spend a week on Long Island with the last man she thinks might make her believe in love.
Love is a lie. Laughter is the only truth.
Jane Jackson spent her adolescence as "Poor Janey Jakes," the barbecue-sauce-in-her-braces punch line on America's fifth-favorite sitcom. Now she’s trying to be taken seriously as a Hollywood studio executive by embracing a new mantra: Fake it till you make it.
Except she might have faked it too far. Desperate to get her first project greenlit and riled up by pompous cinematographer and one-time crush Dan Finnegan, she claimed that she could get mega popstar Jack Quinlan to write a song for the movie. Jack may have been her first kiss—and greatest source of shame—but she hasn’t spoken to him in twenty years.
Now Jane must turn to the last man she’d ever want to owe: Dan Finnegan. Because Jack is playing a festival in Dan’s hometown, and Dan has an in. A week in close quarters with Dan as she faces down her past is Jane's idea of hell, but he just might surprise her. While covering up her lie, can they find something true?
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Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for the digital copy of this gem in exchange for my honest review!
What a gem of a book! I adore Annabel Monaghan's writing. I loved all of her books but this might be my favorite.
If you love enemies to lovers and forced proximity, this is your book!!
Having lived in LA for 12 years with friends and family in the entertainment business, the Hollywood references hit home and were on point.
Jane and Dan were incredibly relatable and likable! Their story was sweet, natural, and moving. Jane's journey, working through her hurts and insecurities touched me deeply. Dan, although tough and straight to the point in business, was such a golden retriever.....his family was everything.
Annable Monaghan is an auto-buy/read author for me now!!
Some favorite quotes:
"This. This is the thing they write love stories about. Something in my heart told me this was forever...."
"I like the sound of his laugh and the way his eyes dance around my face before settling on my eyes."
"His laugh has fingers that wrap around my heart."
"There's something about the way he's looking at me that makes me think an impossible thing: I am interesting and true and beautiful. I like this thought so much that I have to look away."
"When you smile at me, I feel like I want to capture it. But it's not the regular way like when I see something beautiful and I want to photograph it. When you smile, it does something to me, I feel it in my chest, and I just want to figure out how to get you to do it again."
"I didn't know you could be starving for someone to touch your cheek, but I must have been."
"I am so beautiful. I am so wanted. Inside this kiss I am all the things I have believed I am not"
What a gem of a book! I adore Annabel Monaghan's writing. I loved all of her books but this might be my favorite.
If you love enemies to lovers and forced proximity, this is your book!!
Having lived in LA for 12 years with friends and family in the entertainment business, the Hollywood references hit home and were on point.
Jane and Dan were incredibly relatable and likable! Their story was sweet, natural, and moving. Jane's journey, working through her hurts and insecurities touched me deeply. Dan, although tough and straight to the point in business, was such a golden retriever.....his family was everything.
Annable Monaghan is an auto-buy/read author for me now!!
Some favorite quotes:
"This. This is the thing they write love stories about. Something in my heart told me this was forever...."
"I like the sound of his laugh and the way his eyes dance around my face before settling on my eyes."
"His laugh has fingers that wrap around my heart."
"There's something about the way he's looking at me that makes me think an impossible thing: I am interesting and true and beautiful. I like this thought so much that I have to look away."
"When you smile at me, I feel like I want to capture it. But it's not the regular way like when I see something beautiful and I want to photograph it. When you smile, it does something to me, I feel it in my chest, and I just want to figure out how to get you to do it again."
"I didn't know you could be starving for someone to touch your cheek, but I must have been."
"I am so beautiful. I am so wanted. Inside this kiss I am all the things I have believed I am not"
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