Jasmine Guillory

A tale as old as time--for a new generation... Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing right out of college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, still an editorial assistant, and the only Black employee at her publishing house. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author who has failed to deliver his long-awaited manuscript, Isabelle sees an opportunity to prove her worth and finally get the recognition she deserves. Her plan? Literally go to the author's Santa Barbara mansion and give him a daily pep talk until he finishes his book. But Izzy quickly finds out she is in over her head. Beau Towers is not the average celebrity writing a tell-all memoir. He is surly and jaded and--it turns out--just as lost as Izzy. As they work together on his book, the two bicker constantly: Izzy is fed up with Beau's woe-is-me rich boy act, and Beau is irked by Izzy's incessant positivity and idealism. But they soon discover they have more in common than they expected. As bickering turns to flirting and their deadline nears, Izzy and Beau begin to realize there may be something there that wasn't there before. Best-selling author Jasmine Guillory's reimagining of a beloved fairy tale is a romantic triumph of love and acceptance and learning that sometimes to truly know a person you have to read between the lines.

A Meant to Be Novel

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Maddie M

not me getting a writing pep talk through the book i’m reading to avoid writing 😂

Faith Angel Campbell

“Honestly, there are so many reasons why writers struggle with their books, and I promise you, they all do. There are tons of tips and tricks to getting through this, but-in my experience, at least-the only thing that works is just doing it. Sitting down every day and writing. Even every other day, or every fevw days. It's not about the number of hours, it's just the consis- tency. It's so hard at first, but it gets easier, a little bit, every time you sit down. And if you think you can't do it, I promise you, you can. Dont be discouraged if you think your work is bad; as long as you can get something on the page, that's a victory." 

 “If you write, then you're a writer. You don't have to have written a book or even feel good about your writing to get that title. And you have been writing you told me so. AIl that work you've already done? None of it was wasted. It's all building blocks; even if you can't see them, they're there. It will all inform the work you'll go on to do."

"It's okay if it’s bad," she said. "Just accept the badness now. For now, it doesn't matter if it's bad, it just has to be something. You can fix bad writing, you cant fix a blank page.”…"It doesn't have to be perfect, it doesn't have to be just right, ….Just get something on paper.”

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