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Book Lovers

by Emily Henry
Julia Whelan
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An insightful, delightful, instant #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Funny Story.
“One of my favorite authors.”—Colleen Hoover
One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming...
Nora Stephens' life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. 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 away—with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she’s 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 they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute.
If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.

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  • Release date

    May 3, 2022

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593553787
      • File size: 328187 KB
      • Duration: 11:23:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 21, 2022
      A summer trip spurs unexpected self-discovery in bestseller Henry’s latest rom-com (after People We Meet on Vacation), a moving examination of love, belonging, and family. Since childhood, literary agent Nora Stephens has structured her life around taking care of her sister, Libby, four years her junior, so when an exhausted and—Nora fears—increasingly distant Libby suggests a monthlong trip to small-town Sunshine Falls, N.C., Nora eagerly agrees. As she wrestles with Libby’s irritability and strives to make her happy while trying to find her own equilibrium—including making a surprising connection with her professional nemesis, editor Charlie Lastra, a Sunshine Falls native—Nora must turn fresh eyes on old problems. Meanwhile, things heat up between Charlie and Nora, but the demands of their professional lives may keep them apart. Henry expertly captures the complexities of close but unbalanced familial relationships along with the distance between the dreams of youth and the realities of adulthood. As usual, her sharp eye for detail in establishing setting and creating empathetic characters engages the reader, and Nora’s well-shaded emotional struggles complement the steamy enemies-to-lovers plot and lovely scenery. This introspective romance is sure to please. Agent: Taylor Haggerty, Root Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Julia Whelan's dynamic performance will have listeners savoring every literary reference and word in this romance novel. Nora is unlucky in romantic love, but she loves her work as a book agent, New York City, and her sister, Libby. As Libby persuades Nora to vacation with her in rural North Carolina, her plan is to find Nora a man. But things go awry when Nora runs into Charlie, a book editor who is her enemy in the publishing world. As rapid-fire insults evolve into flirty banter, Nora realizes she judged Charlie too soon. Will regular life resume once vacation ends? Whelan excels at character portrayals. Even secondary characters--a stressed writer and exhausted pregnant Libby--are made vividly real. A.L.C. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      Starred review from September 1, 2022

      Best-selling author Henry (Beach Read) is back with an exciting new novel that readers will devour. Literary agent Nora Stephens is intense and demanding but adored by the authors she represents. Nora eats, drinks, and breathes books, and expects others to follow suit. When her pregnant sister convinces her to spend the summer in Sunshine Falls, the small-town setting of her favorite romance novel, Nora can't say refuse. What she doesn't know is that cocky Charlie Lastra, a New York editor, will also be in Sunshine Falls. Charlie and Nora find themselves repeatedly thrown together, whether looking for the town's only Wi-Fi signal, ordering drinks to appease the scary bartender, or discussing Bigfoot erotica. The two thought that enemies-to-lovers was just a romance trope, but they soon see this trope playing out in real life. The audio is brilliantly narrated by Julie Whelan, who infuses her signature humor into Henry's characters. Whelan's perfectly timed delivery adds both a comedic and an emotional flair. VERDICT Fans of small-town romances, realistically flawed characters, and witty humor will be enchanted and may rate this as Henry's best novel to date.--Erin Cataldi

      Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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