Wyn Connor and Harriet Kilpatrick were the perfect couple-until Wyn dumped Harriet for reasons she still doesn’t fully understand. It is about seeing yourself as the main character in a very interesting-or maybe even quiet-life that is entirely yours to control.” Fizzy’s journey to see herself as the main character of her own life is moving and satisfying.Īnother winning romance from Lauren, full of big laughs, a few tears, and some seriously steamy scenes.Įxes pretend they’re still together for the sake of their friends on their annual summer vacation. As Fizzy puts it in her commencement speech, romance is “about elevating stories of joy above stories of pain.

Most importantly, though, the story is a love letter to the romance genre and its many devoted fans. Fizzy is an exciting and hilarious main character, and Connor is her perfect complement as a love interest. The two women who write as Lauren return with yet another pitch-perfect rom-com that manages to be funny, angst-y, and extremely sexy. It’s with Connor, and their powerful chemistry threatens to disrupt the show-and both of their lives. The result is a refreshingly real show that audiences love-but Fizzy’s most intense connection isn’t with any of the contestants. Fizzy has her own list of demands for the show-namely, that each contestant fit a romance-novel archetype (Hot Nerd, Cinnamon Roll, Vampire, etc.). He wants Fizzy to be the lead in a dating show, one in which the world can watch a woman who usually writes happily-ever-afters fall in love herself.

He normally works on socially conscious documentaries, but he needs this job so he can stay in San Diego close to his beloved daughter. But then she’s contacted by Connor Prince III, a producer for a reality show. Or at least she thought she did…until, in the middle of a commencement speech, she realizes she doesn’t even “remember the last time was genuinely happy.” As she puts it, “the meat of my story-the romance plot, including love and happiness-is one gaping hole.” She stops writing and dating, worried that her lust for life is gone for good. A reality show brings together a romance author and a documentary producer.Īs a bestselling, prolific romance author, Felicity “Fizzy” Chen knows love.

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