I don't agree with the culture of putting certain chosen humans above others in real life, and apparently I can't stomach it in fiction either. I started Nora Goes Off Script as my flight from Denver took off and finished as I landed at La Guardia airport. Hollywood arrives, trundling over her lawns bringing Leo with his smouldering looks and his beautiful co-star Naomi Sanchez.

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I loved the small-town setting, Nora’s chance to start over after a bad marriage, and Nora’s children and best friends. She is sheepish about her line of work, but is also proud of her talent, offering succinct and accurate recipes for a successful rom-com.Nora Goes Off Script made me laugh out loud, and offered a soothing fantasy about discovering your humdrum life is someone else’s perfection. Leo, who is handsome, rich, and famous is staying in his trailer next to her home since the filming is done at her house. Readers who loved Emily Henry’s Book Lovers or Linda Holmes’s Evvie Drake Starts Over are sure to savor Nora Goes Off Script. Hallmark meets Hollywood in this gorgeous, fast, and poignant read that will keep you invested from the second you pick it up.

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It is being made into a movie (on the big screen) and her quaint little home in a small town in New York is being used as the location.While sending-up the romance industry, she chronicles the very romantic (and oddly believable) love affair between a handsome film star and a divorced suburban mom and she turns tradition on its head. After shooting wraps, Nora finds Leo on her porch with a half-empty bottle of tequila and a proposition. 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. Nora especially is reconnecting to her old self and taking back the power after Ben drains her in more ways than one. Nora’s ex always hated living in the sticks, and she’s ambivalent about having her carefully constructed life disrupted by a bunch of charismatic stars.