By the Book

Izzy is desperate for a career breakthrough at her publishing house, so when she volunteers to wrangle a notoriously difficult author at his Santa Barbara mansion, she thinks she's finally got her shot. What she doesn't expect is to find Beau Towers—jaded, withdrawn, and equally lost—actually human beneath all that grumpiness, or the way their late-night manuscript sessions start sparking something undeniable. As Izzy helps coax his story onto the page, they discover they have far more in common than either bargained for, and suddenly this "quick pep talk" becomes so much more complicated. Jasmine Guillory's warm, witty reimagining of a classic tale is all about finding yourself through someone else's eyes—and maybe discovering that the person who challenges you most is exactly who you needed all along.