Author: Melissa Ferguson
Published: February 15, 2022 by Thomas Nelson
Format: Kindle, Paperback 309 Pages
Genre: Romance
First Sentence: Prologue: Savannah, Have you made any more progress on that book idea you brought up to me at conference last year?
Blurb: Savannah Cade's dreams are coming true. The Claire Donovan, editor-in-chief of the most successful romance imprint in the country, has requested to see the manuscript Savannah's been secretly writing while working as an editor herself—except at her publishing house, the philosophy is only highbrow works are worth printing and commercial fiction, particularly romance, should be reserved for the lowest level of Dante's inferno. But when Savannah drops her manuscript during a staff meeting and nearly exposes herself to the whole company—including William Pennington, new publisher and son of the romance-despising CEO herself—she races to hide her manuscript in the secret turret room of the old Victorian office.
When she returns, she's dismayed to discover that someone has not only been in her hidden nook but has written notes in the margins—quite critical ones. But when Claire's own reaction turns out to be nearly identical to the scribbled remarks, and worse, Claire announces that Savannah has six weeks to resubmit before she retires, Savannah finds herself forced to seek the help of the shadowy editor after all.
As their notes back and forth start to fill up the pages, however, Savannah finds him not just becoming pivotal to her work but her life. There's no doubt about it. She's falling for her mystery editor. If she only knew who he was.
My Opinion: I remember reading about this book a while back and thought it sounded cute. It has its moments, but also had me shaking my head when a mystery character (which isn’t a mystery) leaves editorial comments on a manuscript Savannah is writing letting her know that her scenes read like a Hallmark movie. Duh, this whole book reads like a Hallmark movie with all the usual tropes. The only parts missing were the returning to a small town and having a dog, but still, it’s a Hallmark movie.
As the story drones on, I found myself checking the page count wondering when it would be over. And just when I thought we hit the final mediocre scenes, Melissa Ferguson added an epilogue. Romance books do not need epilogues. That is the part where the readers design their own happily ever after.
Blurb: Savannah Cade's dreams are coming true. The Claire Donovan, editor-in-chief of the most successful romance imprint in the country, has requested to see the manuscript Savannah's been secretly writing while working as an editor herself—except at her publishing house, the philosophy is only highbrow works are worth printing and commercial fiction, particularly romance, should be reserved for the lowest level of Dante's inferno. But when Savannah drops her manuscript during a staff meeting and nearly exposes herself to the whole company—including William Pennington, new publisher and son of the romance-despising CEO herself—she races to hide her manuscript in the secret turret room of the old Victorian office.
When she returns, she's dismayed to discover that someone has not only been in her hidden nook but has written notes in the margins—quite critical ones. But when Claire's own reaction turns out to be nearly identical to the scribbled remarks, and worse, Claire announces that Savannah has six weeks to resubmit before she retires, Savannah finds herself forced to seek the help of the shadowy editor after all.
As their notes back and forth start to fill up the pages, however, Savannah finds him not just becoming pivotal to her work but her life. There's no doubt about it. She's falling for her mystery editor. If she only knew who he was.
My Opinion: I remember reading about this book a while back and thought it sounded cute. It has its moments, but also had me shaking my head when a mystery character (which isn’t a mystery) leaves editorial comments on a manuscript Savannah is writing letting her know that her scenes read like a Hallmark movie. Duh, this whole book reads like a Hallmark movie with all the usual tropes. The only parts missing were the returning to a small town and having a dog, but still, it’s a Hallmark movie.
As the story drones on, I found myself checking the page count wondering when it would be over. And just when I thought we hit the final mediocre scenes, Melissa Ferguson added an epilogue. Romance books do not need epilogues. That is the part where the readers design their own happily ever after.
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