ROMANCE

Great Big Beautiful Life

Berkley. Apr. 2025. 432p. ISBN 9780593441299. $29. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
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Entertainment journalist Alice Scott thinks that she might be finally getting her big break. She has managed to track down Margaret Ives, the notorious and reclusive media heiress who hasn’t been seen in decades, and snag an invite to Margaret’s home on a tiny island in Georgia, where she hopes to secure permission to write Margaret’s biography. The catch is that Margaret has also invited Pulitzer-winning journalist Hayden Anderson and wants to give both Alice and Hayden one month to make their respective pitches for her book. Neither Alice nor Hayden is thrilled with this arrangement, especially once they realize that Margaret is telling each of them a completely different tale. The ever-present attraction between the two of them doesn’t help matters either, as they compete for the chance to write Margaret’s story—and wonder if their own can end happily. Readers will love Alice and Hayden’s grumpy/sunshine dynamic, and Margaret’s life is equally riveting.
VERDICT Both longtime Henry (Funny Story) fans and new romance readers will devour this rivals-to-lovers slow burn, one of Henry’s best to date. Also good for fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
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