Nora Goes Off Script, Annabel Monaghan

Story Blurb

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.

My Thoughts/Opinion

Annabel Monaghan is a one-click author for me. If she writes it, I'm reading it. Which is funny because this is her debut novel and I only just now got to it. I loved every single thing about this book. I loved the characters and how hard and fast they fell for each other. I loved Nora's absolute devotion to her family. I even loved the broken season though I couldn't see how they would or could make their way back to each other. And the redemption was even better than I could have imagined. Do yourself an favor and read this book. Your heart will thank you.

Favorite Quote:

“And second, that the best things come back. Sometimes it’s right after the commercial, sometimes it takes longer. But time and sunshine bring growth, and life unfolds just the way it’s supposed to.”