Story of My Life

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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."

These discussion questions were provided by the publisher, Sourcebooks.

Book club questions for Story of My Life by Lucy Score

Use these discussion questions to guide your next book club meeting.

As the book opens, we find romance author Hazel Hart in a rough place: divorced, out of inspiration, a year behind her contracted deadline (in danger of her deal being terminated by her publisher), in dire financial straits due to her scheming ex-husband, and soon to be homeless. What makes you want to cheer for redemption-arc heroines and their stories?

“The readers you’ve ignored? The readers you haven’t bothered responding to? The readers who’ve moved on to reading authors who still publish?” As agent Zoey lectures Hazel, let’s talk about the author/reader covenant, especially in romance, and how it can both uplift and crush…on both sides of the relationship.

Author Lucy Score is beloved for her colorful, cheerful, and utterly captivating smalltown settings. As we kick off our getaways to picturesque Story Lake, Pennsylvania, what brings readers back, time and again, to their love affair with small-town settings?

Hazel needs to replenish her well of creativity and grouchy gorgeous contractor Campbell Bishop provides just the spark she needs. He doesn’t believe he’s hero material when the two begin “fake dating,” but in the end, our heroine sweeps this knight in well-constructed armor right off his feet. What do you think of their relationship dynamic?

Lucy provides giggles galore through the antics of Bertha the raccoon and Goose the bald eagle. In fact, some might say that animal sidekicks are a staple in her writing. In your opinion, what do these cute critters add to the story development?

Story Lake is struggling, and Hazel is determined to craft an HEA, not just for her story’s protagonists, but for the town itself.If you were part of this close-knit community, what would you want your contribution to be in building it back better?

Cam holds a lot of misplaced guilt that holds him back in so many ways – until his family “drops the hammer” on him. Let’s talk about tortured heroes and how they tick our boxes.

Lucy’s stories are delightfully intergenerational. Which of her silver-haired or fresh-faced side characters do you love best?

Cam challenges Hazel, “It’s time you realize we’re not just made-up characters in some book.” Do you think it’s difficult for authors to extract themselves out of their own pages and relish their own “messy, inconvenient” lives?

Which Bishop brother would you like to see meet his match in the next Story Lake installment?

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