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Brief Summary Courtesy of Graydon House
A young romance writer makes a discovery that throws her elitist family into chaos.
Emma Page grew up the black sheep in a bookish household, raised to believe fine literature is the only worthy type of fiction. Her parents, self-proclaimed “serious” authors who run their own vanity press, The Mighty Pages, mingle in highbrow social circles that look down on anything too popular or mainstream, while her sister, Jess, is a powerful social-media influencer whose stylish reviews can make or break a novel.
Hiding her own romance manuscript from her disapproving parents, Emma finds inspiration at the family cottage among the “fluff” they despise: the juicy summer romances that belonged to her late grandmother. But a chance discovery unearthed from her Gigi’s belongings reveals a secret that has the power to ruin her parents’ business and destroy their reputation in the industry—a secret that has already fallen into the hands of an unscrupulous publishing insider with a grudge to settle. Now Emma must decide: As much as she’s dreamed of the day her parents are forced to confront their own egos, can she really just sit back and watch The Mighty Pages be exposed and their legacy destroyed?
My Review
This is my first time reading Viola Shipman. I have glanced at her books but took up reading this one as part of Brenda Novak's book group. I found that the book was a little hard to get into. I think the character development was good and that she tried to give enough of the back story to understand the main character. However, it took about half way through the book to really grab my attention. I think once I got there I honestly couldn't put it down. It had you wanting to know how it was going to end. And who was the bad person going to be.
I think over all this is a good book but it wasn't one of my favorite that I read this year so far. I will definitely try more by this author as I enjoyed the book in the end. I think overall my favorite part of this book was the relationship that she showed us the readers between the main character Emma and her grandma Gigi.
