First published 2006
Cornelia works as a waitress in a café at thirty-one, dreaming of the romantic films from the 1940s that fill her evenings. She waits for her own leading man to walk through the door. When Martin enters her café and orders coffee, she sees Cary Grant himself. The man looks exactly like her silver screen idol. Sparks fly between them immediately. Their romance begins like something from her favorite movies. Then reality crashes into their fairy tale. A child appears in Cornelia's life. An old friend from her past returns unexpectedly. These arrivals put enormous pressure on her relationship with Martin. The woman who found her perfect match discovers that real life refuses to follow Hollywood scripts. Her dreams of romantic perfection collide with complicated truths about love and responsibility.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Café
Period: 1940s
318 pages · Paperback · A.W. Bruna Uitgevers