It's a Love Story: the heart-warming and joyful must-read summer romance for 2025

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Annabel Monaghan

It's a Love Story

the heart-warming and joyful must-read summer romance for 2025

Annabel Monaghan

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Aria
16 September 2025

Romance; Contemporary Romance

'The most beautiful, perfect love story—it's my favourite Annabel Monaghan novel yet!' —Paige Toon, internationally bestselling author of Seven Summers
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Rules for a True Love Story: There are none. It’s all a lie.

Jane Jackson knows that true love is a lie. Laughter is the only truth: and having spent her adolescence as the barbecue-sauce-in-her-braces punchline on America's fifth-favourite sitcom, she's still trying to shake off that role. At least now she’s a Creative Executive at Clearwater Studios and living by a new mantra: fake it till you make it.

Except, she might have faked it too far. Desperate to get her first project greenlit and riled up by pompous cinematographer and one-time crush Dan Finnegan, she opened her mouth and a big fat fib fell out. She claimed that Jack Quinlan, hottest popstar of the moment, has promised to write an original song for the script. Jack may have been her first kiss – and greatest source of shame – but Jane hasn’t spoken to him in twenty years.

Now, Jane must turn to the last man she’d ever want to owe: Dan Finnegan. Because Jack is playing a festival in Dan’s beach hometown on Long Island, and Dan has an in. A week in close quarters with Dan while facing down her past is Jane's idea of hell, but Dan just might surprise her. While covering up her lie, can they find something true?
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Praise for Annabel Monaghan: 'Everything I want in a summer romance' - Beth O'Leary, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flatshare

'Annabel Monaghan has joined my shortlist of instant autobuy authors. Her writing is packed full of chemistry and warmth.' - Paige Toon, author of Only Love Can Hurt Like This

'Anything Annabel writes, I’m reading it.' - Carley Fortune, author of Every Summer After

'Annabel Monaghan knows how to write romance, how to sweep you up and make you feel as though you, the reader, are falling in love.' - Sophie Cousens, author of Just Haven’t Met You Yet

By: Annabel Monaghan
Imprint: Aria
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781035916924
ISBN 10: 1035916924
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 16 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Annabel Monaghan is the author of IndieNext and LibraryReads pick Nora Goes Off Script and Same Time Next Summer, as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in the Huffington Post, the Week, and the Rye Record. She lives in Rye, New York, with her family.

Reviews for It's a Love Story: the heart-warming and joyful must-read summer romance for 2025

PRAISE FOR ANNABEL MONAGHAN: * - * Annabel Monaghan has joined my shortlist of instant autobuy authors. Her writing is packed full of chemistry and warmth -- Paige Toon, author of Only Love Can Hurt Like This Anything Annabel writes, I’m reading it -- Carley Fortune, author of Every Summer After Annabel Monaghan knows how to write romance, how to sweep you up and make you feel as though you, the reader, are falling in love -- Sophie Cousens, author of Just Haven’t Met You Yet Such a charming read -- Curtis Sittenfield A warm, funny, and bingeable five-star read -- Abby Jimenez, author of Yours Truly Everything I want in a summer romance -- Beth O'Leary Annabel Monaghan has written a love story that is as laugh-out-loud funny as it is emotionally profound. Don’t miss this perfect summer escape -- Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Pact