Nora Stephens’ life is booksshes read them alland she is not that type of heroine. 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.

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 awaywith visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who shes convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. 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. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that theyve met many times and its never been cute.

If Nora knows shes not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows hes nobodys hero, but as they are thrown together again and againin a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allowwhat they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories theyve written about themselves.

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