Annabel Monaghan Interview: Talking About It’s a Love Story

Romance readers! You do not want to miss my latest episode of the She Reads Romance Books Podcast, where I’m joined by the amazingly talented Annabel Monaghan, to talk about her new romance book, It’s a Love Story, which is already on my list of Best Romance Books of 2025! Tune in to hear us chat about:

• Why readers will fall so hard for Dan, the quiet hero,
• How she writes such relatable characters,
• Annabel’s superpower as an author,
• The trick that guides her writing and whole life,
• Her favorite scene from It’s a Love Story, and more!

To hear even more from Annabel, join the She Reads Romance Books Book Club to gain instant access to the exclusive, extended video interview where we continue the conversation and talk about why Annabel reads romance, her favorite romance books, and more!

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About It’s a Love Story:

Jane Jackson spent her adolescence as “Poor Janey Jakes,” the barbecue-sauce-in-her-braces punch line on America’s fifth-favorite sitcom. Now she’s trying to be taken seriously as a Hollywood studio executive by embracing 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 claimed that she could get mega popstar Jack Quinlan to write a song for the movie. Jack may have been her first kiss—and greatest source of shame—but she 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 hometown, and Dan has an in. A week in close quarters with Dan as she faces down her past is Jane’s idea of hell, but he just might surprise her. While covering up her lie, can they find something true?

Check out my book review of It’s a Love Story.

About Annabel Monaghan:

Annabel Monaghan is the USA Today bestselling and Library Reads Hall of Fame author of Summer
Romance, Same Time Next Summer, and Nora Goes Off Script, 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 Connecticut with her family.

Follow Annabel:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annabelmonaghan/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnabelMonaghan
• Website: https://annabelmonaghan.com/

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