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William Morrow Paperbacks
January 2019
On Sale: December 31, 2018
320 pages
ISBN: 0062672851
EAN: 9780062672858
Kindle: B072BMBHMM
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Women's Fiction
From the critically acclaimed author of Stepdog and
The Fool’s Tale comes a romantic comedy that tells
the story of one journalist secretly juggling two bylines
for competing newspapers on a small island. One island, two newspapers, and the reporter who
played them both Johanna Howes is a Martha’s Vineyard native who left the
Island at 18 and moved to New York City to become a writer.
Now in her 30s, she reluctantly returns to care for her
cranky, injured uncle. Needing income, she freelances for
one island newspaper (the one Uncle Hank likes). But that
doesn’t cover her bills, so she creates an alter ego to
write for the rival paper (the one Uncle Hank doesn’t like). The Vineyard has a split personality – part elite summer
resort, part working-class small town. The Island’s two
papers –the Journal and the Newes – are
famously at odds with each other and reflect the seasonal
schism in their reporting. Everybody’s shoulder seems to
have a chip on it. Johanna gets personally ensnared in a messy situation she’s
assigned to write about for both papers: a wealthy seasonal
resident sues the town for the right to use his private
helicopter. When Johanna agrees to a cup of coffee with the
witty, handsome stranger she meets at a zoning board
meeting, she has no idea she’s made a date with Orion Smith,
helicopter owner. Orion, meanwhile, doesn’t realize Johanna
is the niece of his political nemesis, Henry Holmes. Johanna scrambles to keep her disparate identities separate
from each other in the tiny off-season community, but
everything she does just gets her into deeper trouble…and
further complicates her budding romance with the
exasperating charmer she’s doing her best not to fall for. A story about the half-truths we tell ourselves – and others
– especially when our hearts are on the line.
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