Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

There is something that always makes me smile when reading Emily Henry's quirky romances. The characters are far from perfect, they usually don't love each other at first sight but there is always a sense of not giving in or giving up (even though we the reader knows it will have a happy ending). This story begins with Alice who is a ghostwriter and is given the job of a lifetime - to write the story of an heiress who has been hiding from the world and whom Alice has been obsessed with since childhood.  Sounds perfect until she goes for the interview and finds out that an award winning ghostwriter is also trying for the job.  They have a month to each work with their future boss and then she will decide who gets the job.  They are on a small island and bound to run into each other at every turn.  Can the emotionally reserved Hayden and the effervescent Alice not share what they know and resist each other to score the job? I listened happily to the audiobook which gave me sore cheeks from smiling while driving.  An excellent narration and the perfect pick to take your mind off the rest of the world.   4 1/2 stars