Elsy Merriweather has always felt most at home in books, especially romances, where the happily-ever-afters are guaranteed. Real life, on the other hand, has left her with a cancelled wedding and a best friend who’s building a whole new life while Elsy simply feels stuck. When she’s the only one who can make it to her book group’s annual readathon vacation, she decides to go alone and lose herself in wine and her favorite series of romance novels, set in the charming small town of Eloraton. When Elsy’s car breaks down in the middle of a fierce rainstorm, she’s shocked to find herself surrounded by the familiar—fictional—buildings and residents of Eloraton itself. Elsy knows the town as well as her own heart (apart from one unfamiliar, grumpy bookstore owner), and as she settles into the routine of Eloraton, where every day is the same, she must decide if her own happily-ever-after is in Eloraton or back in the real world. VERDICT This slow-burn love story from Poston (The Seven Year Slip) is as much an ode to romance novels and friendship as it is about romantic relationships. Fans of small-town contemporary romance will sink easily into quaint Eloraton.
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