Net Gallery By the Book A Meant to be Novel by Jasmine Guillory

 Book Excerpt:

"A tale as old as time—for a new generation…

Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing right out of college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, living at home, still an editorial assistant, and the only Black employee at her publishing house. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author who has failed to deliver his long-awaited manuscript, Isabelle sees an opportunity to finally get the promotion she deserves.

All she has to do is go to the author's Santa Barbara mansion and give him a quick pep talk or three. How hard could it be?

But Izzy quickly finds out she is in over her head. Beau Towers is not some celebrity lightweight writing a tell-all memoir. He is jaded and withdrawn and—it turns out—just as lost as Izzy. But despite his standoffishness, Izzy needs Beau to deliver, and with her encouragement, his story begins to spill onto the page. They soon discover they have more in common than either of them expected, and as their deadline nears, Izzy and Beau begin to realize there may be something there that wasn't there before.

Best-selling author Jasmine Guillory's reimagining of a beloved fairy tale is a romantic triumph of love and acceptance and learning that sometimes to truly know a person, you have to read between the lines."

Title: By The Book [A Meant To Be Novel]
Author: Jasmine Guillory
Publisher: Hyperion Avenue
Series: Meant to Be #2
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: Five
Review:
"By the Book [A Meant To Be Novel]" by Jasmine Guillory

My Assessment:

'By the Book' was a lovely and cute story about Beau Towers from California and Isabelle Marlowe [Izzy] from New York. This author works her magic as she gives the reader a beautiful story of how two adults fell in love while working together. Will Izzy, an editor at TAOAT, be able to convince Beau, who was quite a temperamental person, to finish his memoir that he'd promised to her company? It was pretty interesting to see how both Beau and Izzy showed how they grow so wholesome together throughout the read, both personally and professionally.

The reader will get one fantastic read by the end, and yes, I would recommend this novel to any romantic reader.

Thank you to NetGalley and Hyperion Avenue for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.