Stephanie Sullivan: Review - Story of My Life

TITLE: Story of My Life

RATING: ★★★★

RELEASE DATE: March 13th, 2025

Summary (from Goodreads): Hazel is given a one-two punch when she's forced to move out of her Upper East Side apartment and is given a final warning from her publisher.

If she doesn't turn in a book by her next deadline, they're cutting her loose.

Hazel rashly decides to leave what's left of her city life behind and impulse buys a house in rural Pennsylvania sight unseen. How better to entertain the loyal readers she still has and rediscover her writing mojo than immersing herself in small-town life?

Too bad this town looks to be on its last legs. At least she's finding swoon-worthy inspiration from her hot, grumpy contractor Cam and his animal-rescuing, community-involved family. It's all just research. What could go wrong?

REVIEW: To say I was excited when I found out Lucy Score has a new book series is an understatement. Her Knockemout series will always be one of my all-time favorite book series E-V-E-R, and I can tell after reading Story of My Life that this series is going to be just as amazing. I've read a ton of romance novels, and no one delivers snarky comebacks and laugh-out-loud dialogue like Lucy Score. I lost count of the many times I caught myself snickering and literally laughing out loud, and I got so caught up in the story that I finished it in two days. I'm a huge sucker for small-town romance, and being a small-town country girl myself, I felt right at home in Story Lake, Pennsylvania. If you're a fan of Gilmore Girls. then you'll love this book because it gives off the same vibe, but I must warn you it's A LOT raunchier. The hero is true-to-form Lucy Score. He's hot, gorgeous, and sexy, with the whole "screw you" bad boy attitude and toughness oozing out of every pore in his body. But get to the heart of Campbell Bishop, and you'll find out he's just a misunderstood softie with a penchant for romance. I would highly recommend this book, and all of Lucy Score's books, to everyone I know. And now, for the unforeseeable future, I will be sitting here impatiently waiting on books two and three.

(DISCLAIMER: I received a complimentary copy of this title from NetGalley. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.)