Thank you Netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a brilliantly written, breathtaking novel. I love novels about writers and literary figures. This author does an incredible job creating a heroine who secretly writes historical romance novels and does everything in her power to stay anonymous with very little success. Her parents are writers who do not believe romance novels can be literary work. I felt empathy for Miles because I understand the stigma reading and writing romance novels has. I became increasingly frustrated with the publishing company's attempts as well as the hero's attempt to bring her out in the spotlight against her wishes
I wanted to punch Lars in the face every time he pushed and tried to intimate Miles into revealing Emma's identity. The guy was relentless despite seeing how it physically affected Miles, he kept on insisting. It took him forever to finally understand that Miles needed Emma to remain anonymous for her sanity and the preservation of her independence. His act of love at the end redeemed him in my eyes a bit. Still I could see what Miles saw in him. Handsome, well spoken and highly intelligent. My kind of hero, just wish he was little more kind and understanding.

I also thoroughly enjoyed Jake's character, Miles best friend. The guy is a hoot. Had me in tears that he would role play the scenes with Miles to ensure their authenticity for her novels. So happy that she had such a loyal and kind best friend.
I've been trying to get a hold of her other novels without much luck. Only the paperbacks are available. Bummer.










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At times this book was very difficult to read because there seemed to be so much going on at once. I did find that the latter portion of the book was much better flowing, and the storyline seemed more present. I must admit that I skipped all of the excerpts of the novels in this book, I didn't feel that they added anything to the story. The cast of secondary characters were really enjoyable. I thought Lars was a very interesting character the more we got to know about him, and the ending was a pleasant surprise.
Miles is a difficult one, at times I really understood where she was coming from - I can see myself reacting the same way as her when the Lars bombshell drops. How on earth she copes around her parents is another story altogether.
Overall this was a fair book, I much preferred the last thirty percent or so to earlier portions, but I thought the characters were crafted well towards the ending.

I really thought I would like this book but I just didn't like Miles the main character. She was ridiculous and annoying. In the end I prepared Lars better then her.

"On the Same Page" tells the story of Miles Franklin, a lawyer by day and historical romance writer by night. She is the daughter of a very famous writer and a poet who are literary snobs and absolutely abhor everything that is not pretentious (or that was my take on it). Miles' assistant Pippy enters her boss's novel in one of Australia’s biggest literary awards which she to everyone's surprise wins. This bring chaos to Miles orderly life, because she still wants to protect her secret but at the same times is faced with contracts and lawyers who do not want the same thing.

I really enjoyed this book as it was an entertaining story. The author had a great idea because as an avid romance reader I have faced a lot of criticism over my choice of reading. I cannot imagine how difficult it would be for a writer who has grown up with snobbish parents. Miles had a sucky family which affected her in a lot of ways. I felt like everything she did was influenced by her childhood and I would have liked if we had seen some character growth. There was a lot of going back and forth over different decisions and even though she had no self confidence she was also in a sense a bit self absorbed. I did enjoy other minor characters in the book and thought they were a big part of why I liked this story.

This book was ok very well written but not really my type of book. This is miles and Lars book, Miles is a lawyer and a famous author writing under the pen name of Emma Browning she doesn't want anyone to know she's the famous author! But her assistant enters her in Australia biggest literary award program behind her back and she wins! She's trying to keep Emma a secret but Lars the CEO of iconic international publishing smells a rat! He's determined to find out just who Emma is! Like I said it's a very well written book and funny, smart, and a cute story just not my kind of book! Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!