January Andrews, a best selling romance writer, is broke and
disillusioned with romance. Although she never guessed, her father
had a long term affair. When he died, he left her his beach house
love nest. January hates being there, but she has a novel to finish
and she’s blocked.
Things get worse
when she recognizes her next door neighbor, Gus Everett. He is an
acclaimed literary novelist, but their acquaintance goes back to
college where they were rivals. January felt he didn’t take her
writing seriously. Gus is also trying to finish a novel and he’s
blocked.
One night they hit
on a solution to getting unblocked. January will write Gus’ novel.
He’ll tackle her romance. To spur each other on they take a series
of field trips: romantic sunsets for Gus, hard hitting dark
interviews for January. In the process their attraction blooms, but
can they finish the books?
This is a summery
romance novel. January and Gus have an almost love/hate relationship
fueled by competition. There is plenty of amusing dialog as they get
to know each other better and try to work in each other’s genre.
The plot moves at a
good pace. As we get to know the characters and learn about the
childhoods they become real people. I found the ending very
satisfying, not unexpected but satisfying.
I received this book
from Net Galley for this review.
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