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Story of My Life (Standard Edition) (Story Lake, 1)

Brand new small town romance from #1 New York Times bestseller Lucy Score.

A Gilmore Girls meets Schitt's Creek redemption romcom.

Hazel Hart was a successful romance novelist until a breakup drives her straight into writer's block. Having failed (and failed some more) to deliver her new manuscript, she's hiding from the world behind a wall of old takeout containers until her publisher lays down the law. If she misses her next deadline it's The End.

Desperate for inspiration, Hazel impulse-buys a historic home online and flees Manhattan to tiny Story Lake, PA. Upon her dramatic arrival--involving an incident with a bald eagle--she discovers the charm of her new home may have been slightly exaggerated.

The house is a wreck and the town is struggling after their biggest employer shut down. Also, since her raccoon-infested home came with a seat on the town council our introverted heroine is stuck with a front row seat to all the small-town shenanigans.

But Hazel isn't worried. Not since all six-feet-three inches of grouchy contractor Campbell Bishop slapped a bandage on her forehead and unintentionally inspired the heck out of her. There's only one thing to do: Hire Cam and his equally gorgeous brothers to renovate her new spider museum...er...house.

Okay two things. A fake date for "research purposes" will really put her work-in-progress on track. Before Hazel knows it, she's writing a romance novel and living one. At least until the drywall dust settles, the town she's falling in love with faces bankruptcy, and growly Cam remembers why he can't live happily ever after.

Author's Note: "This series is my love letter to every reader who said they wanted to move to a fictional town."

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Published Mar 11, 2025

528 pages

Average rating: 7.8

51 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

ljzsreadsandreviews
May 20, 2025
10/10 stars
Lucy Score does it again! I absolutely love the way this story is written. The characters are perfectly quirky and I don’t know if I’ve ever giggled so much at a book. It was adorable from start to finish my heart just couldn’t stop swooning. I loved Hazel and found her incredibly relatable. I could picture her perfectly and loved her character so much I saw parts of myself. On top of that, we get another incredibly hot, grumpy, small town MMC (because apparently I can’t get enough of those from Lucy) and I loved every part of Campbell Bishop. Plus, there’s a wonderful amount of spice. The only thing better is the fact that we’re gonna end up with more Story Lake... officially counting down to March 2026.
blenhard524
May 29, 2025
8/10 stars
Super quick and funny read. Hallmark movie type plot
AmiC
Apr 05, 2025
8/10 stars
Loved it!! Can’t wait for the next book.
wrooks
Mar 30, 2025
2/10 stars
This was my first & last Lucy Score book. The only reason I didn't make this a DNF was because I wanted to fairly write a review. it took all I had to finish it. The whole plot sounded like it was out of some childish corny show like paw patrol with its unrealistic villains and the main characters acted like toxic high schoolers. After reading Lucy's bio on her website & about her other books it's clear she has a writing style & a pattern for her toxic immature main characters that I'm not interested in. The positive after reading this was I felt like I could write a book if this author can. lol
Tea-_-Rex
Mar 20, 2025
7/10 stars
Sweet, heart-felt story. Very small town husky grumpy man vibes that made me swoon.

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