From Notting Hill With Love...Actually

✍ Scribed by Ali McNamara

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 268 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 1402269501

✦ Synopsis

She was a girl, standing in front of a boy...

Movie fanatic Scarlett O'Brien dreams of a life as glamorous and romantic as all the big screen flicks she worships. When a chance house-sitting job in iconic Notting Hill comes along, she knows living in one of her favorite movie settings is an opportunity too good to pass up.

Leaving behind her skeptical friends, family, and fiance, Scarlett heads to London and finds herself thrust into the lead role of her very own romantic comedy. But can real life ever be just like the movies? Larger-than-life new friends, a handsome but irksome new neighbor, and a mystery from her past may prove to Scarlett that living her life like a RomCom is more complicated than she thought!

"Sparkly, fun, and endearing."—Kate Fforde

"This romantic comedy is the perfect way to pass a winter afternoon should Johnny Depp be unavailable."— Daily Record

From Booklist

In McNamara’s fun tribute to the pictures, cinema lover Scarlett O’Brien doesn’t have anything to run from, exactly. She has a successful fiancé and a business she owns with her father. But lately, her tendency to daydream is worrying those closest to her. Scarlett’s friends and family agree that some time away from sleepy Stratford-upon-Avon could help bring Scarlett back to reality before her imminent wedding to David. Scarlett jumps at an opportunity to house-sit in posh Notting Hill, excited to prove that her love of movies isn’t a hindrance at all, because real life can be just like all her favorite romantic comedies. In London she quickly befriends her colorful neighbors and, before she knows it, loses count of the times her new life mimics a scene from Bridget Jones’ Diary or The Holiday. Complicating matters, however, is neighbor Sean, about whom Scarlett can’t decide how to feel and who helps her unravel the mystery of the mother she never knew. Readers will guess to the end and enjoy the sweet setting and abundant rom-com references. --Annie Bostrom

Review

"I found this book to be a lighthearted humerous book. I enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone out there who love the chic lit genre." - celticladysreviews.blogspot.com

"I had a feeling I was going to love From Notting Hill with Love...Actually , and I was correct. I read it in one sitting. " - http://www.chicklitcentral.com

"If you have a love for romantic scenes from films then this is a book you won't want to miss. Great scenes from 1940s films to the present are incorporated into the story with adeptness and creativity." - likesbooks.com

"This book was such a sweet and charming piece of one of my favorite genres out there: chick lit! " - dwellinpossibilitybooks.blogspot.com

"I am sure you will enjoy the delightful story that just lets you enjoy the fun of thinking what your own 'magic movie moment' might be.
FUN...FUN...FUN!
" - romancing-the-book.com

"A cute read if you're a fan of romantic comedies." - bookbitch.com

"With a touching sub-plot, plenty of fun movie references, and a romance that's truly screen worthy, this is a book that I'd read more than once and recommend time and time again." - www.cocktailsandbooks.com

"McNamara does a fabulous job of juxtaposing what Scarlett is doing with the movie version she longs for. Each movie reference is to something familiar, without being painfully obvious" - chicklitandwine.com

"From Notting Hill with Love...Actually is a super cute book. Quotes from all of your favorite Chick Flick movies are rampant in this book. The characters are colorful and fun. In my mind as I was reading, I was envisioning how it would be staged on the big screen. " - charlotteswebofbooks.blogspot.com

"Readers will guess to the end and enjoy the sweet setting and abundant rom-com references." - Booklist