Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan Published by Penguin Audio on June 7, 2022
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Hillary Huber
Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
Genres: Romance, Women's Fiction
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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 Script is 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.
Gobble, gobble, gobble. That’s the sound of me eating up Nora Goes Off Script. I loved everything about this feel-good romance.
Don’t you just admire a woman who is underestimated? Nora’s ex-husband has always belittled her job as a romance writer for a Hallmark-style TV channel, despite the fact that her career has supported her family—if only barely. In a departure from her typical stories, her latest screenplay—based on the breakdown of her marriage—is a huge success and has been turned into a major motion picture. After the movie crew finishes filming at her house, movie star Leo Vance asks to stay on and rent Nora’s tea house for a few weeks. Nora—now a single mother with a deadbeat ex—is in need of money, so she agrees.
The way Leo marvels at Nora’s ordinary, day-to-day life, is adorable and fun. Nora’s life is rigidly routine, and it’s sweet the way Leo softens her tough edges. Through Leo’s eyes, we see that normal is underrated, and Nora is able to see that fun isn’t a bad thing.
The romance between Nora and Leo is heartwarming. Nora’s kids are so lovable, and I enjoyed how quickly Leo becomes an integral part of all their lives.
Nora Goes Off Script is a funny and satisfying story that is sure to brighten your day. This is Monaghan’s debut novel. I can’t wait to see what she writes next.
Recommended for fans of:
Single parent romance
Hollywood stars
Sunrises
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About Annabel Monaghan
My debut adult novel, Nora Goes Off Script, is coming out on June 7, 2022 from G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Writing it was probably the most fun I’ve ever had. Pre-Nora, I wrote fiction for young adults and a column for not-so-young adults.
I grew up in Los Angeles, and nearly every one of my relatives still lives in Southern California. I attended Duke University where I studied English. I have an MBA from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania and a brief history as an investment banker. I also used to teach novel writing at the The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. I now live in the suburbs of New York City with my husband, three sons, and a little dog who sheds.
Great review! I loved this one, as well.
Great review! I added it to the top of my TBR.
Gobble gobble gobble? I love it! I need to put this on my list. It souds fabulous.
Thanks. I hope you enjoy it too!