I liked this book, however it was not my favorite. The main character irritated me a lot with most of their choices or lack of choices. I felt like she was walked all over. There is some background context but I couldn’t help feeling super frustrated with her most of the time and the other characters in the book didn’t help.

I enjoyed the pacing, the romance aspect and the central story line as well as the writing, but I just couldn’t get past how frustrated I was with the main character.

I was sent a free book and am voluntarily leaving this honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley, Escape Publishing, and Penelope Janu for this ARC!

Thought this was very cute honestly! I was like oooh maybe it might not be so good a few chapters in but then it got better. I really liked the heroine’s personality—shy and timid but also so dirty minded lol

I'm afraid the writing in this one just didn't work for me. I found it hard to connect with and difficult to immerse myself in. I often felt like I was just being told a series of facts rather than being a passenger on Emma's emotional journey.

I would also like to note that my e-ARC was badly formatted no matter which device I viewed it on, which is a problem I haven't had with any others, and it made it quite difficult to read. This does not affect my rating, but just a heads up so this can be fixed for future readers

By day Miles Franklin, named after the famous author, is a successful lawyer. By night, in secret, she writes historical romance novels under the pen name Emma Browning. When 'Emma's' novels win one of Australia's biggest literary awards, Miles's perfectly ordered life begins to unthread at the bindings. Especially when Lars Kristensen, CEO of the publishing company contracted to publish the prize-winning books, insists on meeting the author.

A fun and quick read. Emma/Miles is very likable. Lars is your usual alpha who is likable despite himself. :) I enjoy their chemistry together. Enjoyed it very much.

Thanks to the publisher for the ARC.

Currently DNF, I may come back to this at a later date (even after publishing date) and try again. After reading the first couple chapters and then checking reviews on goodreads and netgalley to see if it would get better for me to personally enjoy. I just don't think this book is for me but that doesn't mean another wouldn't love this.

(Review not posted on Goodreads as they don't currently offer a good way to mark books as dnf without counting towards reading goals.)

Surprisingly enjoyed this! I was wary of this book cover bc the art is always so samey but this was fun i liked her alter ego emma a lot and also the hot ceo

Really enjoyed this story!

It was a fun, quick read. A little slow to get into, then it grabbed me and I stayed up all night to finish.

If you're a fan of rom-coms please read this.

I was really worried when I started this book because I often struggle with 1st person narrative and sometimes it seems a little awkward.
I did find myself getting involved with the story and the dilemma of our heroine, literary agent lawyer Miles Franklin, who also writes popular romance under the pseudonym Emma Browning.
Things start to go haywire in Miles' life when her trust assistant and old friend submits one of her books for an award. This would have been no problem if the book hadn't finalled in the competition and they wanted to meet "Emma".
Juggling her role and agent, protecting her secret identity was hard enough. When Lars, the hot publisher hero of the company that is keen for Emma to win so they can add her wildly popular books to their staid inventory turns up, things go wildly out of control.
This was a fun story with likeable characters and kept me interested and involved right to the end, despite my horror of 1st person.