It’s a Love Story
It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan is a large print edition published by Random House on May 27, 2025, featuring 400 pages in English. This novel follows Jane Jackson, a former adolescent TV punchline who has adopted a “fake-it-till-you-make-it” approach to navigate her career as a Hollywood studio executive. As she attempts to secure a project by claiming she can enlist a popstar from her past, Jane finds herself entangled in a week-long confrontation with her history and the last person she expected to rely on, Dan Finnegan.
Readers will discover a narrative that blends elements of friendship and romance, set against the backdrop of contemporary Hollywood. As Jane grapples with her past and the complexities of her current ambitions, the story explores themes of self-discovery and the challenges of authenticity in a world filled with pretense. With a focus on Jane’s journey and her interactions with Dan, the book delves into the nuances of love and the truths that emerge when faced with one’s own history.
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“Poignant, funny, and bingeable, Annabel Monaghan writes five star reads.” —Abby Jimenez
From the USA Today bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script, a novel about a former adolescent TV punchline who has left her awkwardness in the rearview mirror thanks to a fake-it-till-you-make-it mantra that has her on the cusp of success, until she tells a lie that sets her on a crash-course with her past, spending a week in Long Island with the last man she thinks might make her believe in love.
Rules for growing up in Hollywood: Love is a lie. Laughter is the only truth.
Jane Jackson spent her adolescence as “Poor Janey Jakes,” the barbecue-sauce-in-her-braces punchline on America’s fifth-favorite sitcom. Now she’s trying to be taken seriously as a Hollywood studio executive by embracing a new mantra: Fake it till you make it.
Except she might have faked it too far. Desperate to get her first project greenlit and riled up by pompous cinematographer and one-time crush Dan Finnegan, she claimed that she could get mega popstar Jack Quinlan to write a song for the movie. Jack may have been her first kiss—and greatest source of shame—but she hasn’t spoken to him in twenty years.
Now Jane must turn to the last man she’d ever want to owe: Dan Finnegan. Because Jack is playing a festival in Dan’s hometown, and Dan has an in. A week in close quarters with Dan as she faces down her past is Jane’s idea of hell, but he just might surprise her. While covering up her lie, can they find something true?
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