What she doesn’t plan for is a run-in with the town bad boy, Lucky Karras. Her dreams are on the opposite coast, and she has a plan to get there.

When they return to her historical New England hometown years later to run the family bookstore, Josie knows it’s not forever. Continue reading “Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur | Sapphic Pride & Prejudice Retelling That is All the Cuteness & Swoon” →īudding photographer Josie Saint-Martin has spent half her life with her single mother, moving from city to city. It was a passing observation, that was all.

Not that Elle cared about Darcy’s eyes or that the color she wore complemented them. Now, the characters just need to get their feelings to that spot as well. What can I say? Sparks fly from the very beginning, and the chemistry is THERE. They both end up disliking their blind date (with each other), but continue with a fake relationship to appease friends and family. Who else can see Elle and Darcy in a romantic comedy? WRITTEN IN THE STARS takes us back to the beloved tale of Pride & Prejudice with some extra additions: our outwardly cold Darcy is an actuary who gives off hot librarian energy and our quick-to-speak Elle is an energetic astrologer who’s looking for her soulmate. It’s also the first contemporary adult f/f romance I’ve ever read (usually the ones I read are in the Young Adult or Fantasy genre), and I am HERE for it. Told from the perspectives of Elle and Darcy, WRITTEN IN THE STARS is all heart and swoon. The last thing they expect is to develop real feelings during a fake relationship.īut maybe opposites can attract when true love is written in the stars? But with a few conditions: Darcy must help Elle navigate her own overbearing family over the holidays and their arrangement expires on New Year’s Eve. When Darcy begs Elle to play along, she agrees to pretend they’re dating to save face. Was Darcy on the same date? Because… awkward. When Darcy’s brother-and Elle’s new business partner-expresses how happy he is that they hit it off, Elle is baffled. But she knows it is most assuredly not Darcy… a no-nonsense stick-in-the-mud, who is way too analytical, punctual, and skeptical for someone as free-spirited as Elle. Darcy doesn’t expect her lie to bite her in the ass.Įlle Jones, one of the astrologers behind the popular Twitter account, Oh My Stars, dreams of finding her soul mate. So she fibs and says her latest set up was a success. Love-and the inevitable heartbreak-is the last thing she wants. With nods to Bridget Jones and Pride and Prejudice, a charming #ownvoices queer rom-com debut about a free-spirited social media astrologer who agrees to fake a relationship with an uptight actuary until New Year’s Eve-with results not even the stars could predict!Īfter a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again.

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