Genre Fiction
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Nora Goes Off Script
Evvie Drake Starts Over meets Beach Read in this heartwarming and hilarious novel about a divorced romance channel screenwriter whose script about her marriage's collapse just might help her reclaim her life and find love.
Nora's life is about to get a rewrite…
Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than anyone. As a romance channel screenwriter, it's her job. But when her too-good-to work husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns her marriage's collapse into cash and writes the best script of her life. No one is more surprised than her when it's picked up for the big screen and set to film on location at her 100-year-old-home. When former Sexiest Man Alive, Leo Vance, is cast as her ne'er do well husband Nora's life will never be the same.
The morning after shooting wraps and the crew leaves, Nora finds Leo on her porch with a half-empty bottle of tequila and a proposition. He'll pay a thousand dollars a day to stay for a week. The extra seven grand would give Nora breathing room, but it's the need in his eyes that makes her say yes. Seven days: it's the blink of an eye or an eternity depending on how you look at it. Enough time to fall in love. Enough time to break your heart.
Filled with warmth, wit, and wisdom, Nora Goes Off Scriptis the best kind of love story-the real kind where love is complicated by work, kids, and the emotional baggage that comes with life. For Nora and Leo, this kind of love is bigger than the big screen.
Nora's life is about to get a rewrite…
Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than anyone. As a romance channel screenwriter, it's her job. But when her too-good-to work husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns her marriage's collapse into cash and writes the best script of her life. No one is more surprised than her when it's picked up for the big screen and set to film on location at her 100-year-old-home. When former Sexiest Man Alive, Leo Vance, is cast as her ne'er do well husband Nora's life will never be the same.
The morning after shooting wraps and the crew leaves, Nora finds Leo on her porch with a half-empty bottle of tequila and a proposition. He'll pay a thousand dollars a day to stay for a week. The extra seven grand would give Nora breathing room, but it's the need in his eyes that makes her say yes. Seven days: it's the blink of an eye or an eternity depending on how you look at it. Enough time to fall in love. Enough time to break your heart.
Filled with warmth, wit, and wisdom, Nora Goes Off Scriptis the best kind of love story-the real kind where love is complicated by work, kids, and the emotional baggage that comes with life. For Nora and Leo, this kind of love is bigger than the big screen.
Editorial Reviews
One of the Washington Posts's 10 Noteworthy Books for June 2022
One of Southern Living's Beach Reads Perfect for Summer 2022
One of Country Living's 29 Books to Read if You Love Hallmark Movies
One of Book Riot's Best Romance Novels Out in June 2022
One of The Augusta Chronicle's Newest Beach Reads Inspired by Hallmark Movies
"Monaghan's witty adult debut novel perfectly captures the apprehension and excitement of infatuation blended with life's complications." -Washington Post
"Absolutely irresistible-funny, addictive and deliciously romantic, this is exactly the sort of book we all need right now. I loved every word."-Rosie Walsh, author of The Love of My Life
"Funny and good-hearted-a romance for romantics, a blending of the real and the deliciously unreal." -Linda Holmes, author of Evvie Drake Starts Over
"This perfectly-scripted love story left me feeling the way all the best romances do: filled with hope and the feeling that true love always wins. Nora Goes Off Script will be a reread, for sure."-Jill Santopolo, New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost
"I loved this book with my whole heart. It's smart, fresh and romantic, full of humor and warmth. I didn't want to put it down." -Beth O'Leary, author of The Flatshare
"Likable characters, smart humor and a didn't-see-it-coming ending makes this novel a must-read for summer." -The Augusta Chronicle
"Irresistible…With pitch-perfect characters full of foibles and flaws, the work taps into genuine feelings as the characters fall in love. This is a winner." -Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Brimming with compelling characters….Readers will connect with the warmth and humor of this relationship-fiction gem." -Booklist, starred review
"Warm, witty and wise, Nora Goes Off Script tells the truth about all of love's ups and downs: family love, friendship love, romantic love that comes to a wrenching end-and love that triumphs so beautifully, you'll still be smiling over it long after you've p...
One of Southern Living's Beach Reads Perfect for Summer 2022
One of Country Living's 29 Books to Read if You Love Hallmark Movies
One of Book Riot's Best Romance Novels Out in June 2022
One of The Augusta Chronicle's Newest Beach Reads Inspired by Hallmark Movies
"Monaghan's witty adult debut novel perfectly captures the apprehension and excitement of infatuation blended with life's complications." -Washington Post
"Absolutely irresistible-funny, addictive and deliciously romantic, this is exactly the sort of book we all need right now. I loved every word."-Rosie Walsh, author of The Love of My Life
"Funny and good-hearted-a romance for romantics, a blending of the real and the deliciously unreal." -Linda Holmes, author of Evvie Drake Starts Over
"This perfectly-scripted love story left me feeling the way all the best romances do: filled with hope and the feeling that true love always wins. Nora Goes Off Script will be a reread, for sure."-Jill Santopolo, New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost
"I loved this book with my whole heart. It's smart, fresh and romantic, full of humor and warmth. I didn't want to put it down." -Beth O'Leary, author of The Flatshare
"Likable characters, smart humor and a didn't-see-it-coming ending makes this novel a must-read for summer." -The Augusta Chronicle
"Irresistible…With pitch-perfect characters full of foibles and flaws, the work taps into genuine feelings as the characters fall in love. This is a winner." -Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Brimming with compelling characters….Readers will connect with the warmth and humor of this relationship-fiction gem." -Booklist, starred review
"Warm, witty and wise, Nora Goes Off Script tells the truth about all of love's ups and downs: family love, friendship love, romantic love that comes to a wrenching end-and love that triumphs so beautifully, you'll still be smiling over it long after you've p...
