How to Write a Love Story

How to Write a Love Story

Author: Catherine Walsh Listening Length: 9h 6m

One writer, one editor, one hot summer . . . Will this be a romance for the books? Ciara Sheridan’s father has left her with three things: a sprawling and distinctly ramshackle estate on the Irish coast, the outline for the finale to his bestselling epic fantasy series that he wanted her to finish—and writer’s block...

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Ciara

I don’t see Sam for the rest of the weekend, and when I rock up to the beach on Monday things feel almost back to normal. Whatever normal looks like to me right now.

I offered to make him up a bed, but he insisted he was fine with the couch, and when I woke the next day it was to find him gone, with a note left in his place.

He has very adult handwriting. Adult like my parents’ generation. The ones who didn’t all stop using a pen and paper when they were ten and start typing instead. It’s neat and elegant, and I found myself admiring it for a good five seconds before reading the words.