Nora Goes Off Script
An unmissable, totally swoonworthy summer romance
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4.3 • 44 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
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 husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns the collapse of her marriage into the best script of her life.
When it's picked up for the big screen and set to film on location at her picturesque Hudson Valley home, Nora's life will never be the same - especially after world-famous Hollywood actor and former 'Sexiest Man Alive' Leo Vance is cast as her ex-husband.
The morning after 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 an extra week. Seven days: it's the blink of an eye or an eternity, depending on how you look at it. It's 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. Perfect for fans of Beth O'Leary, Carley Fortune and BK Borison.
Readers love Nora Goes Off Script!
'You will want to read this in one sitting! Gorgeous!'
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'A perfect beach read'
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'A five-star rom com!'
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'This book will have you laughing one minute and shedding a tear the next'
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And so do your favourite authors!
'Gorgeous, fast, and poignant read that will keep you invested from the second you pick it up' ABBY JIMENEZ
'Smart, fresh and romantic . . . I loved this book with my whole heart' BETH O'LEARY
'Absolutely irresistible - funny, addictive and deliciously romantic' ROSIE WALSH
Praise for Annabel Monaghan:
'Annabel has such a tender way of crafting her characters... The perfect book to soak up the summer sun with' BK BORISON
'Quick, witty, and an absolute triumph' PAIGE TOON
'Everything I want in a love story!' ELLE KENNEDY
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Annabel Monaghan’s immensely charming novel, Nora Goes Off Script, is full of hard, funny truths about love, marriage, divorce and parenting. When screenwriter Nora’s own home is used as the set for her next movie, she’s forced to watch two of Hollywood’s most beautiful stars reconstruct her divorce while worrying about the trucks tearing up her lawn. With two kids at home, Nora does her best to not get too carried away with the glitz of it all, until the handsome and highly-paid leading man Leo Vance unceremoniously makes himself at home, drinking her coffee and doing her crossword puzzle. Monaghan cleverly wrings the best out of this high-concept, Hollywood premise before delivering an incredibly sincere story, full of sharp observations about how we retell and repackage our most painful memories so that we can heal and move on—and hopefully find love again.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Monaghan's irresistible adult fiction debut, (after the humor book Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?) she introduces romance screenwriter Nora Hamilton, who pumps out happily-ever-after stories for cable television while cynically processing her divorce from Ben, who fell out of love with Nora and lost interest in having a family. After she veers from her previous script formula for one based on her ill-fated marriage, Hollywood comes calling. Enter Leo Vance, People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive," cast as Nora's ex. The production includes two days at Nora's house, and when filming wraps, Leo offers to pay her $1,000 a day to stay for a week. There, he enjoys the real-world pleasures of grocery shopping, directing a children's play, and eating average home-cooked meals. Arthur and Bernadette, Nora's children, are equally smitten with Leo, and as the week goes on, his presence offers them a new sense of family. After Leo is called away for work, Nora must find a way to carry on and deal with her feelings about Ben, Leo, and the romance genre, now that she's actually put her heart on the line. 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.
