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Twice in a Blue Moon

Twice in a Blue Moon

Contemporary RomanceRomance
Pages
368
Published
2019
Language
English

Synopsis

At eighteen, Tate Jones takes a two-week trip to London with her grandmother and falls hard for Sam Brandis, an older traveler she meets at the hotel. Over the holiday they share everything, and Tate confides the secret she guards most closely: she is the estranged daughter of one of the world's biggest movie stars. When that secret reaches the press, her trust is shattered and the romance ends in betrayal. Fourteen years later, Tate has built her own career as a rising actress and lands her first major film role -- only to discover that the screenwriter on set is Sam, the man who once broke her heart. Forced into daily proximity, she must navigate resurfacing feelings, her fraught relationship with her famous father, and the question of whether the person who wronged her could have had a defensible reason. Told largely from Tate's perspective across two timelines, the novel weighs forgiveness, the cost of fame and privacy, and whether trust can be rebuilt once broken.

Prose complexity
3/10

Vibe

EmotionalHopefulReflectiveMelancholic
Second ChanceBetrayalDual TimelineSlow BurnForced Proximity

Genres

Contemporary Romance Romance Contemporary Literature Romantic Comedy

About the author

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Christina Lauren

Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings write together under the combined pen name Christina Lauren. The two met online in 2009 through the Twilight fan fiction community and decided to write a novel together in 2010, signing with literary agent Holly Root in 2011. Their debut, Beautiful Bastard (2013), began life as a Twilight fan fiction titled "The Office" before Simon & Schuster acquired the series. Since then the duo has built a career in contemporary romance and rom-coms, with titles including...

Characters

Tate JonesProtagonist

A rising young actress and the long-estranged daughter of a famous film star, guarded after an early betrayal.

Sam BrandisProtagonist

Tate's charismatic first love who reappears years later as a screenwriter on her film.

All characters in Twice in a Blue Moon

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Twice in a Blue Moon have a dual timeline?

    The story unfolds across two distinct time periods, showing Tate and Sam's initial romance and their reunion fourteen years later. This structure allows readers to see the evolution of their relationship and the impact of past events on their present.

  • Is Twice in a Blue Moon a standalone novel?

    This book is a standalone story, meaning it does not require reading any other books by Christina Lauren to understand or enjoy it. The narrative arc for Tate and Sam is fully contained within this single volume.

  • Is it a second-chance romance?

    Yes. Tate and Sam fall in love during a London trip when Tate is eighteen, are separated by a betrayal, and reconnect about fourteen years later on a film set.

  • What is Tate's big secret?

    She is the estranged daughter of one of the world's most famous movie stars, an identity she keeps carefully hidden.

  • How is the book structured?

    It is split into two timelines, the original romance in London and the reunion on a film set years later.

  • Who is Christina Lauren?

    The pen name of writing partners Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, also known for The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words.

  • When was it published?

    In October 2019, by Gallery Books and Simon & Schuster.

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