Can’t Wait Wednesday #127: Story of My Life by Lucy Score #LucyScore @hodderfiction.bksy.social

Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #127 pick. Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf (opens in a new window).

Story of My Life by Lucy Score book cover — Publishes: March 11, 2025 by That’s What She Said Publishing.
Length: 16 hours 10 minutes.
Narrator: Lila Winters, Sebastian York.
Genre: Romance.
Series: Story Lake #1

From The Publisher:

A Gilmore Girls meets Schitt’s Creek redemption romcom.

Hazel Hart was a successful romance novelist until a breakup drives her straight into writer’s block. Having failed (and failed some more) to deliver her new manuscript, she’s hiding from the world behind a wall of old takeout containers until her publisher lays down the law. If she misses her next deadline it’s The End.

Desperate for inspiration, Hazel impulse-buys a historic home online and flees Manhattan to tiny Story Lake, PA. Upon her dramatic arrival—involving an incident with a bald eagle—she discovers the charm of her new home may have been slightly exaggerated.

The house is a wreck and the town is struggling after their biggest employer shut down. Also, since her raccoon-infested home came with a seat on the town council our introverted heroine is stuck with a front row seat to all the small-town shenanigans.

But Hazel isn’t worried. Not since all six-feet-three inches of grouchy contractor Campbell Bishop slapped a bandage on her forehead and unintentionally inspired the heck out of her. There’s only one thing to do: Hire Cam and his equally gorgeous brothers to renovate her new spider museum…er…house.

Okay two things. A fake date for “research purposes” will really put her work-in-progress on track. Before Hazel knows it, she’s writing a romance novel and living one. At least until the drywall dust settles, the town she’s falling in love with faces bankruptcy, and growly Cam remembers why he can’t live happily ever after.

Why I Can’t Wait to Read Story of My Life:

I enjoyed a previous book by this author, and the synopsis of this one immediately caught my attention. I love stories about authors, and when you add in the grumpy/sunshine dynamic, a fake dating trope, and a big home renovation, I’m completely hooked!