It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan (audiobook)

genre: contemporary romance

Jane Jackson loves the movies.  Not all movies, mind you, she's got strong opinions, but sitting in a theater watching a film has been a comforting place since she was a little girl with a single mom.  This led to her teenage years spent on a popular teen tv show and a job in the industry.  Now, Jane has a movie she wants to make.  It's a movie about the kind of love she wants to believe is possible but can't bring herself to.  But to get this movie greenlighted, she's going to have to deal with her past in a very present way and involves telling one tiny lie that rolls into a big lie.  

This was such a fast listen for me.  I didn't even talk about the romance in my little summary up there, I don't know why. Because this is definitely a romance and it was so well done.  The love interest is complicated and also dreamy.  Jane is so complicated, in ways that felt believable.  The dialogue feels so natural and I liked the conversations about the ways we can mess with ourselves in our minds.  The only reason I'm giving it 4.5 instead of 5 is that it felt a little predictable for me at the end, like, I guessed what would happen.  Which I KNOW is just the fact that I have read many contemporary romance novels but for some reason, here, I wanted to be wrong. It is NOT a reason to not read this book.  If you liked her other books, I think for sure you'll like this.