When we meet Nora Hughes she is overworked, underpaid and very disappointed. This was supposed to be her dream job but after five years it's still not going anywhere near she wants to be in life. Still taking lunch orders and doing admin was not what she expected of being an editorial assistant at Parsons Press. So she guesses dream jobs do not exist after all. She was the last bookish assistant standing but with her life not going the right way at all and not even able to pay the rent, that won't take long. She has to do something so she starts freelancing for another publisher.
When the handsome bestselling author Andrew Santos makes her life even more complicated, Nora is forced to review her life and where her loyalties lie, and make some difficult choices. Can she finally choose herself and her future over her job?

This is not your average feelgood novel, nor is a blossoming romance the centre of the story. It's all about a young woman dealing with the ups and downs of life, trying to make sense of it all and struggling to find her way.
Nora had this romantic idea of a dream job and has to come to terms with the fact that reality kicks in and what she dreamed of may not exist. Struggling with mental health issues, like her anxiety, it is hard to turn her life around, but to make ends meet, she is forced to make some choices. It is hard to let go of a dream because you have to pay the bills, so it was absolutely understandable that she tried to be creative. Unfortunately things got more and more complicated, which made the story a cute mixture of funny and frustrating.

I really felt for Nora. The author has written her to be a very relatable, sweet young woman. You will be rooting for her as I did. Her struggles are very realistic and heartfelt. You'll keep hoping she will figure it out, untangle her mess and find happiness.

I loved reading about the publishing business. It is nice to get some background information about it. I didn't expect it to be all fun and sunshine, in the end it is as much corporate business as any, so it was no surprise what Nora had to deal with.

Even though I had hoped for a bit more romance, I was not disappointed by this story. It was an honest, well written look into the world of books, author's, publishers and bookish assistants with realistic characters that have real issues. It was heartfelt and touching, but never too heavy, perhaps more real-good than feel-good and I think that is beautiful.