Nora is a complex and very relatable character especially if you’re an older sister such as myself. Nora sticks to the plan but she never expected bumping into Charlie Lestra, an editor from back in the city and a person she doesn’t like. Just like in small town romance novels, Libby just wants Nora to find her own perfect romance. Libby plans everything and even created a checklist of things for them to do. That’s why when Libby begs her for a month-long sisters’ trip to a small town called Sunshine Falls, she cannot say no.

She practically raised Libby and she will do anything for her. She has been dumped a couple of times for being the cold-hearted and emotionless girlfriend. She considers herself as the villain in her own romance story. Nora Stephens is a literally agent in New York City. “Sometimes, even when you start with the last page, and you think you know everything, a book finds a way to surprise you.” If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again-in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow-what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters’ trip away-with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. Nora Stephens’ life is books-she’s read them all-and she is not that type of heroine. This did not affect my overall opinion of the book. *Thanks to PRH for providing a free digital review copy via NetGalleyĪnd to LibroFM for the ALC.

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