By Any Other Name
(Sprache: Englisch)
From # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about an editor, her bestselling author, and one life-changing secret.
What she doesn't know about love could fill a book.
With a successful career as a...
What she doesn't know about love could fill a book.
With a successful career as a...
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From # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about an editor, her bestselling author, and one life-changing secret.What she doesn't know about love could fill a book.
With a successful career as a romance editor, and an engagement to a man who checks off all ninety-nine boxes on her carefully curated list, Lanie's more than good. She's killing it. Then she's given the opportunity of a lifetime: to work with world-renowned author and her biggest inspiration in love and life-the Noa Callaway. All Lanie has to do is cure Noa's writer's block and she'll get the promotion she's always dreamed of. Simple, right?
But there's a reason no one has ever seen or spoken to the mysterious Noa Calloway. And that reason will rock Lanie's world. It will call into question everything she thought she knew. When she finally tosses her ninety-nine expectations to the wind, Lanie may just discover that love By Any Other Name can still be as sweet.
Story Locale: New York, NY; Positano, Italy
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Chapter OnePeony Press, this is Lanie Bloom I say, barely getting the phone to my ear before the voice on the other end cuts me off.
Hallelujah-you re-still-at-your-desk!
It s Meg, our senior publicist, and my closest friend at work. She s calling from the Hotel Shivani, where, four hours from now, we ll be hosting a blowout wedding-themed book launch for Noa Callaway our biggest author, and the writer who taught me about love when my mom couldn t. Noa Callaway s books changed my life.
If experience is any guide, we re just slightly overdue for all our best laid plans to go up in flames.
No sign of the signed books. And no fucking pun intended. Can you see if they were sent to the office by mistake, Meg says, a mile a minute. I need time to arrange them into a five-tiered, heart-shaped wedding cake
See? Best laid plans.
Meg, when s the last time you breathed? I ask. Do you need to push your button?
How can you manage to sound pervy and like my mother? Okay, okay, I m pushing my button.
It s a trick her therapist taught her, an imaginary elevator button Meg can press in the hollow of her throat to carry herself down a few levels. I picture her in her all-black ensemble and stylishly giant glasses, standing in the center of the hotel ballroom downtown with assistants buzzing all around, hurrying to transform the modernist SoHo event space into a quaint destination wedding on the Amalfi Coast. I see her closing her eyes and touching the hollow of her throat. She exhales into the phone.
I think it worked, she says.
I smile. I ll track down the books. Anything else before I head over?
Not unless you play the harp, Meg moans.
What happened to the harpist?
We d paid a premium to hire the principal from the New York Phil to pluck Pachelbel s Canon as guests arrive tonight.
The flu happened, Meg says. She offered to send her friend who plays the oboe, but that doesn t exactly scream Italian
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wedding . . . does it?
No oboe, I say, my pulse quickening.
These are just problems. As with the first draft of a book, there s always a solution. We just have to find it and make the revision. I m good at this. It s my job as senior editor.
I made a playlist when I was editing the book, I offer to Meg. Dusty Springfield. Etta James. Billie Eilish.
Bless you. I ll have someone copy it when you get down here. You ll need your phone for your speech, right?
A flutter of nerves spreads through my chest. Tonight is the first time I ll be taking the stage before an audience at a Noa Callaway launch. Usually, my boss makes the speeches, but Alix is on maternity leave, so the spotlight will be on me.
Lanie, I gotta go, Meg says, a new burst of panic in her voice. Apparently we re also missing two hundred dollars worth of cake balloons. And now they re saying, because it s Valentine s goddamned eve, they re too busy to make any more
The line goes dead.
In the hours before a big Noa Callaway event, we sometimes forget that we re not performing an emergency appendectomy.
I think this is because, well, the first rule of a Noa Callaway book launch is . . . Noa Callaway won t be there.
Noa Callaway is our powerhouse author, with forty million books in print around the world. She is also the rare publishing phenomenon who doesn&rsq
No oboe, I say, my pulse quickening.
These are just problems. As with the first draft of a book, there s always a solution. We just have to find it and make the revision. I m good at this. It s my job as senior editor.
I made a playlist when I was editing the book, I offer to Meg. Dusty Springfield. Etta James. Billie Eilish.
Bless you. I ll have someone copy it when you get down here. You ll need your phone for your speech, right?
A flutter of nerves spreads through my chest. Tonight is the first time I ll be taking the stage before an audience at a Noa Callaway launch. Usually, my boss makes the speeches, but Alix is on maternity leave, so the spotlight will be on me.
Lanie, I gotta go, Meg says, a new burst of panic in her voice. Apparently we re also missing two hundred dollars worth of cake balloons. And now they re saying, because it s Valentine s goddamned eve, they re too busy to make any more
The line goes dead.
In the hours before a big Noa Callaway event, we sometimes forget that we re not performing an emergency appendectomy.
I think this is because, well, the first rule of a Noa Callaway book launch is . . . Noa Callaway won t be there.
Noa Callaway is our powerhouse author, with forty million books in print around the world. She is also the rare publishing phenomenon who doesn&rsq
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Lauren Kate
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- Autor: Lauren Kate
- 2022, 304 Seiten, Maße: 14 x 21 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0735212546
- ISBN-13: 9780735212541
- Erscheinungsdatum: 28.02.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
One of USA Today s Favorite March Rom-Coms One of Forbes s Most Anticipated Books of 2022
One of PopSugar s 54 Novels to Read When You Want a Romantic Escape
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One of PopSugar s Over 130 Best New Book Releases So Far
Reading Lauren Kate s By Any Other Name is like watching a Nora Ephron movie. It makes the day seem brighter, the world seem more hopeful, and happiness seem possible for everyone. This book is a buoyant celebration of love. Jill Santopolo, author of The Light We Lost and More Than Words
There s nothing better than a book about books, especially when a great love story is involved. By Any Other Name by Lauren Kate serves up a behind the scenes publishing romance that is sure to delight bibliophiles...Be prepared to finish this one in one sitting. Forbes
A delightful romp. USA Today
I devoured this book in one sitting. Delightful, optimistic and with a perfect dash of bookishness, By Any Other Name is the romcom the world needs right now. --Julie Buxbaum, author of Tell Me Three Things
"A smart imaginative rom-com that had me turning the pages." Abby Jimenez, USA Today bestselling author of Life s Too Short
Kate (The Orphan s Song) delivers a delightful rom-com that begs to be devoured in one sitting smart and adorable." Publishers Weekly, starred review
Kate s second adult novel thoughtfully explores the notion of living bravely and taking risks in love A sweet, literary rom-com. Kirkus Reviews
[A] charming, witty tale Among this love story's many charms is one of the most romantic proposals in the rom-com genre. Booklist
At its core, By Any Other Name is a funny, heartwarming and low-heat romance novel about two people deeply involved in publishing a romance novel. Readers who love books and love will be right at home within these pages. Shelf Awareness
An incredibly romantic love story that s full of surprises, By Any Other Name is perfect for
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anyone who dreams of happily ever afters. Kerry Winfrey, author of Waiting for Tom Hanks
By Any Other Name is a beautiful, emotional, slow-burn love story with an ending that will leave you with the biggest smile. Lauren Kate shows she can write heartfelt contemporary romance just as deftly as every other genre she's mastered. Sarah Smith, author of Faker
"By Any Other Name is impossible to put down or to forget. A sharp, moving, and hilarious love story, it feels like being in the company of a close friend." --Maria Kuznetsova, author of Oksana, Behave and Something Unbelievable
By Any Other Name is a beautiful, emotional, slow-burn love story with an ending that will leave you with the biggest smile. Lauren Kate shows she can write heartfelt contemporary romance just as deftly as every other genre she's mastered. Sarah Smith, author of Faker
"By Any Other Name is impossible to put down or to forget. A sharp, moving, and hilarious love story, it feels like being in the company of a close friend." --Maria Kuznetsova, author of Oksana, Behave and Something Unbelievable
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