What a fascinating book. I was impressed by the storyline and the characters were all well written and complex. Where there are complex storylines combined with intriguing characters the reader experience is magnified tremendously. To have a book that is well written as well as entertaining is a delight. Reading is about escaping your world and entering another one. The word building was phenomenal in this book. Here I forgot about my own life and was immersed in the world created by the author. I would recommend this book.

I really enjoyed this book. It was lighthearted, witty, and funny. A feel good book. Would definitely recommended.

I felt the Miles was a well developed and her motivation for hiding her writing from her parents made sense. Even as a read I have encountered literary snobbery from others. 

What i didn't understand was why she was required to be unveiled and stripped of her synonym. this seemed like an act of cruelty by Lars and failure to expertise with others. This lack of empathy and willingness to put his own priorities before others emotional well being meant that I don't see this relationship ending well in the long term.

This book was not for me. I did not particularly like it and ended up DNFing it thus won't be able to provide a detailed review.

I really enjoyed this book. A romance that is light hearted and funny, and where you really quite like the characters and wish the best for them. I’ll read more of Penelope’s books in the future.

I am not going to be reviewing this book, but thank you for the approval.

#netgalley #onthesamepage

I loved reading this well written book. It is funny, quirky, emotional, maddening. At times I was not sure which way is up. The writing style of this romance is so different. I couldn't put this book down without reading to the last page.

A wonderful read.

This great little romance novel is about Miles Franklin, a female lawyer who uses the pen-name of Emma Browning to be a closeted historical romance novelist. Being a lawyer is convenient for Miles because as an attorney she can easily pretend to be acting on behalf of her client, Emma. Miles' snobbish parents have made her feel ashamed of herself for being a fictional author which has made her adamant to keep her writing identity a secret. The major conflict of the novel happens when Emma wins a prestigious writing award and an exclusive contract with Iconic publishing. Lars, the CEO of Iconic is determined to find out Emma's identity as he feels this will be hugely successful for his Australian publishing firm. 
This was overall an extremely light-hearted romance novel. The characters were enjoyable. This genre is always predictable but was worth the read for me due to the likeable characters, comedic scenes and the literary themes. 4 stars!

Title: On The Same Page
Original Rating: Four Stars
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Author: Penelope Janu

I received a free copy in exchange of an honest review. I am, in no way, related to Penelope Janu. 
On The Same Page is a light hearted Romance which is thought provoking in its true element.

With protagonist Miles Franklin who is a lawyer by day and a historical romance writer by night. Delving in the story we come to know that her writing novels is a secret which only a few people know about because of her parents snobbish thinking about romance not being a good enough genre in literature.. 
Enters Lars Kristensen, the CEO of Iconic International, the company publishing where Miles’s prize-winning novel is going to be published. Lars is determined to meet the author and uncover her true identity. While Miles will do everything to hide the fact that she is actually the author Emma Browning.

This romantic comedy is a great way to sit back and relax for a few hours of me-time while actually reading something good.. 
It's a standalone, HEA read which a heartily suggest to the Romance Readers Worldwide!
Happy Reading!!

I am not sure where to start with this one, it is a fun, quirky and different, but it is a romance and yes I do love a good romance and I am not surprised that this book won an award and deservedly so, I laughed out loud so many times through this story that the family were giving me weird looks. I fell into this one and can highly recommend you get to know Mile, Lars and all of the other wonderful characters that make this story so good.

Miles Franklin, is female, a lawyer and a closet historical romance writer Emma Browning, her novels are self-published as e-books and sell really well, but her world as she knows it is about to be totally upended when her PA Pippy enters her into a literary competition and she meets the boss of the publishing house that is determined to take over her books and expose her identity.

Lars Kristensen is now the head of Iconic International and he is very wary of Emma’s lawyer Miles he suspects that Miles is not telling the truth about a lot of things and although he is travelling a lot he is also pushing Miles to get to the truth, but he is also falling for her in many ways, he has never met anyone as stubborn and difficult to deal with, but she is getting under his skin.

Lars and Miles push each other so much in this story and with the other characters, Jack, Pippy, Crystal and so many more just adding to the turmoil that goes on with Miles trying hard to keep her secret and Lars pushing to expose her identity, yes there were times I could have pushed Miles and Lars for that matter but I really did love them both and when they finally get to that HEA cheers everywhere. This is a story that I highly recommend there is so much happening there were laughs and smiles in this page turner, thank you MS Janu I loved it.

This book made me want to read more historical fiction. Writing under a penname our protagonist tries to keep her real identity a secret. Winning a contract with a publishing company that wants to make her go public and do events was not in her plans. As the lawyer of the author "Emma" she tries to stall the process and find a way out of the contract without revealing who she really is. How she managed to get anyway with being so unprofessional for so long was a bit of a stretch. 
There were aspects of her friendship with Jack I liked but others I didn't. 
Over all I really enjoyed this book and the characters, although found how she managed to be such a prolific writer whilst dealing with a love interest, avoiding being discovered, making new friendships and researching for her books.... and still working as a lawyer is beyond me. If you ignore how far stretched the story is and just take it for what it is, a fun romance read, it's a good read.

This was my first book by this author and I absolutely loved it.  I could not put the book down.  The heroine was so much fun, I loved her adventures as she worked on her writing.  Watching her deal with Lars had me turning pages late into the night.

In Penelope Janu's charming contemporary romance, On The Same Page, our heroine, Miles Franklin, is a lawyer with a secret she'll keep at any cost — even love. Which is funny, since the secret is that she's the wildly successful historical romance novelist Emma Browning and the man keen to learn her real identity has striking similarities to her latest hero.

When her assistant enters her in the prestigious Stapleton Literary Prize, Emma has no expectation of winning. But she does win — and the prize is an exclusive contract with Iconic Publishing, run by Lars Kristensen. He's determined to save his publishing house, and for that he needs the reclusive Emma — who he suspects is really Miles, the author's "difficult" representative. The real conflict in this novel is Miles's determination to keep her secret, and it highlights the complicated feelings many of us may have about the genre we love. Miles is proud of her work and loyal to her readers, but her snobbish parents have made her deeply ashamed of her talent — and she definitely knows that she's valuable to Iconic only in terms of her sales potential. And then there's the sexy Lars to complicate things further.

Miles's stubbornness may grate on some readers, but it's worth it for the funny secondary characters and hysterical and swoon-worthy scene when Lars demonstrates what really makes him hero material.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.  This past Fall I had the opportunity to attend the Romance Writers Association’s annual conference, as well as a panel discussion about the stereotypes typically associated with romance novels and authors.  I found all of these enlightening facts wonderfully confronted and challenged in Penelope Janu’s novel, and think that it is very notable that the basis of her plot focused around combating these stigmas.  I learned a lot about the publishing industry as well, and found these points (in addition to Janu’s primary character development and relationship) most compelling.  There were several characters and sub-plots that felt glossed over and under-utilized, and the primary plot battle felt as if it was waged just a little bit too long.  However, the novel was nevertheless empowering and entertaining.

I found this book a little tricky to get into, the start felt a little awkward and like it was trying hard to conform to some typical romantic comedy tropes. What kept me going was the fact I liked Miles as a protagonist, she was relatable and I felt I understood her motivations, I was rooting for her the whole story. It's an easy reading, kind of predictable romantic comedy, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

I enjoyed many things about this book but it did feel a bit unsatisfying - not sure if it was the ending or some of the dialogue.  What I mean by that is the law bits seemed a bit off to me.  Granted, I do not practice in Australia but it still seemed incredulous given basic contract law.  Furthermore, Miles was just hard to get into.  She was not necessarily hard to like but I was expecting more considering the critical acclaim this book has received.  While the premise is great, the parts that should have been thought out more were sped up while other parts dragged on for me.

On the Same Page came out earlier this month on December 1, 2018, and you can purchase HERE.  

The woman who writes Emma's novels is extraordinarily imaginative. She is intelligent and insightful, but she wishes to remain anonymous. Not long after we met for the first time, she told me I ought to demonstrate my passion for romance. And that is what I have done, becoming personally involved in the marketing strategy for Cupid's Chariot.

I’ve read both of Penelope Janu’s other novels and they were a little hit and miss with me but because I’ve read and loved another that had won the ‘XO Romance Prize’, I decided to give this one a try. And I must say that it didn’t disappoint.

Miles Franklin (named after the famous Australian Author) is a lawyer by day and her alter ego is Emma Browning, successful ebook author of historical ‘hot’ romances. She has kept this secret for all her life except with her best (gay) friend Jack. Her parents, who are well known in the literary world, would be horrified!

It is her author earnings that keep her business afloat, so her troubles start when her good friend and PA Pippy, (who is not supposed to know who Emma is), enters her into Australia’s biggest literary awards and to everyone’s surprise, Emma wins. Miles then begins the cat and mouse game of keeping her identity secret from all around her, while seeing her earnings diminish due to the ‘winning contract’ with Publishing House Iconic International.

I did love this book but I had to suspend belief in a few places. It was fun though, especially all the little things that Miles does in the name of research to ‘authenticate’ her writing. Lars is the head of the Australian arm of Iconic and I enjoyed all the innuendos between them both as Miles/Emma’s demands grow.

I found myself laughing out loud in a number of instances and as with most romances, we all know where it’s going, it’s the journey that is important.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for a copy to read.

This was a good choice when it comes to a light mood reading. It is the story of Miles who is a lawyer officially and secretly pens historical novels of the more explicit kind. I personally am not a big fan of the more graphic ones, I feel like less is sometimes more but that is one of the topics tackled here. The prejudice that comes along with reading/writing such books. I may have used 'guilty read' myself a time or two when talking about these books. This story focuses on that aspect and also on the amount of research and effort a good historical romance needs in order to stand the test of scrutiny. Miles has annoyingly famous (literary) parents who have not managed to do much good when it comes to their daughter but she has a boatload of other people to back her up in her personal life.

Her friend/assistant submits the pseudonym as an entry for a writers award which starts events which spiral out of control while Miles tries to keep up the charade of being two people. There is a lot of chaos and as we get to read about her other books simultaneously, this is actually more than one story put together in these pages. There were some tears and some admiration as well as a whole lot of other feelings on my part while Miles struggles to make sense of her feelings for her career as well as for the man in charge of her contract with a publishing house. Overall a pretty great option for readers of the genre (or maybe even if you want to check out the genre)

No, no, no. The concept was fun but the execution was excruciating. I've read romance books for over 30 years and am sick and tired of making the heroine a klutz - which began the first scene. That scene was such a trope that at first I wasn't sure if I was reading a scene from the heroine's books or not. Then the set up with Miles's PA forging her name to enter the contest - with no repercussions. The contest rules are absurd as well. 

I also loathed all the people who had and continued to put down Miles. I get that she's faced snobbish put downs but *that* many people? The only character I began to like was another trope - the gay BFF. 

I lasted until Miles began trying to force her way out of the contract with ridiculous demands and gave up. As so many other reviewers have said, I wanted to like this one but there was nothing in it for me.

Full disclosure: I was completely drawn by the cover of On the Same Page by Penelope Janu. I am not familiar with Janu or this publisher, but there was something about the cover that lured me in. And after reading the synopsis? I was hooked. 

On the Same Page by Penelope Janu is a story that gives me both contemporary romance details as well as historical romance elements. Miles is a contract lawyer for authors, but also moonlights as one, Emma. And when her assistant enters her into a contractual contest, her secret life as an author will be jeopardized. 

I loved Miles. She has my heart. She was brave and loyal to herself, and I loved that. I loved Emma's circle of friends, and really enjoyed their side stories. Lars took some getting used to. I couldn't figure out if his alpha persona just wasn't my thing, or if it was something else. In the end, he sort of won me over, but Miles is clearly the star of this show.

This was an unconventional romance story, and I was really engaged with the story. I really enjoyed that Miles was a historical romance author, because to be read glimpses of that era, it was like getting a combination story. And all the chapter 45 scenes? LOVE. 

I will say that there are a few scenes that I didn't think were necessary. I found myself speed reading through some of those parts. I'd rather get to the main heart of the story, and that revolved all around Miles. While I appreciated and understood the scenes with her parents, they just angered me. The things said about Miles' author persona? Boo. 

Overall, I enjoyed this story and found it refreshing. 

*Thank you to the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.*