Story Of My Life

Story of My Life is a contemporary small-town romance and the first novel in Lucy Score’s Story Lake series. Hazel Hart is a successful romance novelist whose personal upheaval has left her unable to write. After a breakup, she becomes trapped in writer’s block, misses manuscript deadlines, and receives a final warning from her publisher. Looking for a dramatic change of scene—and perhaps enough material to restart her career—Hazel impulsively buys a historic house sight unseen and leaves Manhattan for Story Lake, Pennsylvania. Her arrival is far less idyllic than expected: the house is run-down, infested with raccoons and spiders, and the town is struggling after the closure of its largest employer. Because the property comes with a seat on the town council, Hazel is drawn into the community’s financial problems and eccentric local politics. She hires Campbell “Cam” Bishop, a tall, grouchy contractor, and his brothers to renovate the house. Cam unexpectedly becomes both the inspiration for Hazel’s writing and the focus of a fake-dating arrangement intended to help her research a romance novel. As Hazel begins rebuilding the property, reviving the town, and reconnecting with her creativity, the boundaries between research and real life start to disappear. The book combines enemies-to-lovers tension, fake dating, family and community drama, humor, renovation mishaps, emotional recovery, and steamy romance. The official author description characterizes it as a “Gilmore Girls” meets “Schitt’s Creek” redemption romcom, while the retailer description confirms the same Hazel, Story Lake, Cam, town-council, and bankruptcy storyline. [web:4][web:1]