Many thanks to @prhaudio for the #gifted audiobook.  

 

Swoon worthy!  A complete and total delight.  

 

“Have you ever felt like you’re disappearing? he asks.  Like you’re sure one day you’re going to wake up and find that the truest parts of yourself have been replaced by someone else’s plans?”

 

Most of the time, I grab rom-coms for an uplift.  I want to laugh.  I want to fall in love.  And many times, I just want to escape from real life.  

 

And that is nice.  But you know what’s even better?   A rom-com that lets you laugh and fall in love while also being in the middle of the hard parts of real life.  

 

Nora might write the perfect love stories for others to adore. But her own life took a very different turn, and now she’s muddling through the unexpected with her two kids.  Leo Vance, Hollywood hunk, is adored by millions. But in reality, he’s unfulfilled and lonely.  

 

But those early morning sunrises (7 of them) that Nora and Leo share on her front porch… they suddenly put both of them on a different (exciting) trajectory.  

 

This was a special story.  It had all the things I love (witty banter and steamy chemistry).  But it went beyond that.  The scenes around the dining room table.  The grocery store trip.  The late night texts filled with longing.  The afternoons spent with the kids.  

 

The way Monaghan wrote “real life”… it showed the *beauty* in the mundane.  It showed the real, heart exploding in your chest, fulfilling type of love that we all long for.  The kind that lets you grow as a person while also growing as a couple.  The kind of love that lasts.  Oh Nora and Leo! 💗

 

I was smiling from ear to ear as I finished this one.  I absolutely loved it.  

 

🎧This audiobook was narrated by Hillary Huber, and boy was it excellent.  I stuck my headphones on as I was packing away Christmas décor, and I found myself immediately lost in the story.  Huber’s portrayal of Nora was exactly exceptionally executed.