A lovely read. I loved Alex and Jess’s story. Thank you to the author,, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an ARC.

A lovely light story of Jess who wants her own book to be published one day and Alex who is a successful writer whose editor is not happy with his latest book so wants Jess a reviewer to help him. Alex insists he does not want a reviewer who read mostly romances helping him rewrite his book but his editor Nathan sends them to his cottage in the countryside to work together, Both Jess and Alex have childhood traumas and while they are thrown together they see a different side to one another so Alex lets Jess rewrite his dark story. I really enjoyed this book especially as it explores the different childhoods they had. Would highly recommend and thanks to NetGalley & the publishers for a delightful story.

Jess has always been a huge book lover and has always wanted to write a book. She’s well-known for her book reviews and also has a great sense of humor. She’s been invited by Nathan Thomas, Senior Acquiring Editor at a major imprint to meet with him. He has a project he wants to work with her on. Alex Maxwell is a well-known author who is having a difficult time getting his latest book written. Nathan is not only his editor, but also his good friend. Nathan wants him to work with Jess as he feels the book needs some injections of humor that Jess is known for. She will be his editorial consultant. Alex is taken aback about this and rather insulted as well. But he knows he has to agree to this or his editor may pass on his book. He also doesn’t really take her seriously as she likes romance novels that he looks down upon. Nathan asks them to spend a weekend together at his Airbnb and work to fix things to make the book better. They agree. As a huge book lover and reviewer, I could click with Jess very well. I also understand Alex’s resistance to having a book influencer help him rewrite his book. The times they actually seemed to work well together for the sake of the book were great. It’s the personal feelings of both of them that I felt was overdone. Everyone has a past from our growing up days and we just get over it and move on. So, too much time spent on this in the book would have been edited out by me. I am giving the book 3 stars and look forward to seeing what other readers think about the story. Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.