Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing, June 21st, 2022

Format: ebook

Pages: 352

Rating: 4/5 stars

Synopsis (from Goodreads):

It wouldn’t be the theater without a few theatrics…

Becoming a famous playwright is all Winnie ever dreamed about. For now, though, she’ll have to settle for assisting the celebrated, sharp-witted feminist playwright Juliette Brassard. When an experimental theater company in London, England, decides to stage Juliette’s most renowned play, The Lights of Trafalgar, Winnie and Juliette pack their bags and hop across the pond. 

But the trip goes sideways faster than you can say “tea and crumpets.” Juliette stubbornly butts heads with the play’s director and Winnie is left stage-managing their relationship. Meanwhile, Winnie’s own work seems to have stalled, and though Juliette keeps promising to read it, she always has some vague reason why she can’t. Then, Juliette’s nephew, Liam, enters stage left. He’s handsome, he’s smart, he is devastatingly British…and his family ties to Juliette pose a serious problem, forcing Winnie to keep their burgeoning relationship on the down-low. What could go wrong?

Balancing a production seemingly headed for disaster, a secret romance and the sweetest, most rambunctious rescue dog, will Winnie save the play, make her own dreams come true and find love along the way—or will the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune get the best of her?

My Review:

Thank you, Harlequin Trade Publishing for the copy of this book.
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Read if you like: dating while traveling, theatre
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Winnie goes to London to help her boss, a playwright, oversee the production of one of her plays. There, she meets Liam, her boss’s nephew and therefore off-limits and blurring the lines between personal and professional. Winnie is also an inspiring playwright and is willing to do whatever it takes to get published.
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I loved the London and theatre setting. Fun to read about plays, rehearsals, and performances. Winnie was a great character and I loved her complex relationship with her boss, as the loss of her mother young made her look for a maternal figure. Overall a delightful read.
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CW: sexual content, death of a parent, abandoned dog, divorce.