The Idea of Love: A Novel
As we like to say in the south, "Don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story." Ella’s life has been completely upended. She’s young, beautiful, and deeply in love—until her husband dies in a tragic sailing accident while trying save her. Or so she’ll have everyone believe. Screenwriter...
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As we like to say in the south,
"Don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story."
Ella’s life has been completely upended. She’s young, beautiful, and deeply in love—until her husband dies in a tragic sailing accident while trying save her. Or so she’ll have everyone believe. Screenwriter Hunter needs a hit, but crippling writers’ block and a serious lack of motivation are getting him nowhere. He’s on the look-out for a love story. It doesn’t matter who it belongs to.
When Hunter and Ella meet in Watersend, South Carolina it feels like the perfect match, something close to fate. In Ella, Hunter finds the perfect love story, full of longing and sacrifice. It’s the stuff of epic films. In Hunter, Ella finds possibility. It’s an opportunity to live out a fantasy – the life she wishes she had because hers is too painful. And more real. Besides. what’s a little white lie between strangers?
But one lie leads to another, and soon Hunter and Ella find themselves caught in a web of deceit. As they try to untangle their lies and reclaim their own lives, they feel something stronger is keeping them together. And so they wonder: can two people come together for all the wrong reasons and still make it right?
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781250040329 (1250040329)
ASIN: 1250040329
Publish date: 2015-06-23
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
I received a copy from Netgalley. I don't read hardly any adult contemporary, but the synopsis of this book caught my attention and I figured if it was a movie, I would watch it, so I figured I would give it a chance. I'm glad I did, turns out I quite enjoyed the book. Likeable characters, lovely ...
By Patti Callahan HenryISBN: 9781250040329Publisher: St. Martin's PressPublication Date: 6/23/2015 Format: HardcoverMy Rating: 4 Stars A special thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. THE IDEA OF LOVE by master storyteller, Patti Callahan Henry, ...