About the Book
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 Review
What a complicated yet compelling novel, filled with frustrating situations, likeable characters, and relatable relationships – with a dash of Hollywood involved. What I love most about this book is that it covers very serious topics – finding yourself after divorcing, single parenting, general unhappiness with your life and career, making epic mistakes – but there is also such a light-hearted vibe along the way and it brings the perfect balance. I related so much to Nora and how writing her own divorce was cathartic to her, plus her own steely resolve when it came to moving on from her ex-husband – or her unwillingness to get involved with anyone else, even a Hollywood heartthrob. I also thought it was excellent her children were really main players in this novel – they weren’t just there as extras, they had personality and funny one-liners and were a joy to read about.
You know a book is really getting to you when you feel absolutely crushed during certain scenes, and then get hopeful again and again that everything will work out the way you want it to. Nora Goes Off Script truly took me for a ride, and I enjoyed every page of it. Perfect summer read, you don’t want to miss this one.
5 stars
