Literary agent meets dashing novelist, both hiding out in a town in Devon, England in Cornwall, escaping their own pasts.
My Netgalley review: I like this friends to lovers rom com set in Devon, England in Cornwall by the sea. Petra has escaped a horrendous mistake in her job as a literary agent in London, and Ross has found refuge in Devon after fleeing a controlling editor who fed on his fame and claimed his success as her own.
Ross's good looks immediately draws Petra's attention and their involvement in writing, reading and the publishing world pulls them closer together. The book's insight into the world of publishing is fascinating, from the point of view of the two characters.
Romance is fueled by Petra's desire to get Ross writing again, helping him with his new book based on Shakespeare's characters in The Tempest. And Petra, once fed up with reading, began her slow interest in books again.
I loved how the two characters fit into the smaller world of the town in Devon and became fast friends with the booksellers and the townspeople there. The setting in Cornwall, the cliffs, the ocean, the hills, add a certain mysterious Daphne du Maurier quality to the novel that I definitely liked.
An enjoyable rom com especially for lovers of Shakespeare.
