Annabel Monaghan Discusses Her Novel "It's a Love Story"

About "It's a Love Story"

• 📚 Author Annabel Monaghan discusses her new romance novel, "It's a Love Story," a highly anticipated beach read.
• 🎯 The story centers on Jane Jackson, a former teen star trying to be taken seriously in Hollywood, whose project falls apart after she tells a lie.
• 🤝 Jane must then rely on Dan, a man she almost dated and now dislikes, to help salvage her project.

Character Deep Dive: Jane Jackson

• 🎭 Jane, a former child star, struggles with self-doubt and a sense of unworthiness, masked by a "fake it till you make it" mantra.
• 📺 Having grown up on television, she is disconnected from herself, unsure of who she is outside of her public persona.

Character Deep Dive: Dan

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Dan is a self-assured, quiet man and the creative black sheep of his Long Island family, comfortable with his identity.
• 💡 He serves as a foil to Jane, who is grappling with insecurities and a lack of self-assurance.

Love, Marriage, and Authenticity

• ❤️ Monaghan shares that elements of her own nearly 30-year marriage to a quiet man inspired the story's themes.
• 💡 She contrasts the romanticized idea of grand, rom-com-style love with the reality of long-term love, which she describes as quiet, involving small moments like breakfast and walking the dog.
• ✍️ The author aimed to incorporate this understanding of quiet, everyday love into the narrative.

Pets in Literature

• 🐶 Monaghan's dog makes an appearance, and she notes that pets sometimes feature in her books.
• 🐕 She recalls a previous novel where a dog's action initiated the meet-cute between the main characters.