Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
With wit and humor, author Chantel Guertin focuses her latest book-club perfect rom-com on a bookstore owner on the verge of 30, who takes a leap of faith to meet the audiobook narrator on whom she's been nurturing a crush. As she finds herself on a bus tour of the picturesque countryside of England populated with colorful characters - including the alluring bus driver Taj - she discovers that best laid plans that go awry may lead to a happy ending after all. A love letter to romance novels and booksellers, Gigi, Listening is perfect for readers of Christina Lauren and Sophie Kinsella. In this charming, witty new novel from Chantel Guertin, author of the PopSugar Beach Reads Selection and BookBub Best Book of June Instamom, an impulsive trip across the pond becomes a life-changing journey . . .
Book lovers come to Gigi Rutherford's bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan, when they're looking for romance novels. But beyond her shop's walls, Gigi's out of stock when it comes to potential love interests. That's all about to change, though, when Gigi's best friends surprise her with a trip to England for her 30th birthday.
And it's not just any trip: the 10-day bus tour through the most picturesque towns in England is led by her favorite audiobook narrator--on whom she's harboring a secret crush.
When Gigi misses the bus, she's offered a seat on a different tour, and the promise she can join the original tour when they cross paths later in the trip. In the meantime, she's stuck with a hodge-podge of travellers that includes the recently widowed Charlotte, the fact-obsessed Francis, and Jenny, an influencer documenting every detail for her social media followers. And then there's the disgruntled yet complicated bus driver, Taj . . .
Both laugh out loud funny and deeply emotional, Gigi, Listening will remind you that life's most memorable moments can be found in the most unexpected places, ever when it seems like everything has gone wrong.
Synopsis
From the Canadian TV personality and author of the instant hit and PopSugar Beach Reads Selection, Instamom, comes a touching and witty novel about a woman who takes an impulsive trip to England to meet an audiobook narrator. Touching and funny, with emotional depth, this life-changing journey is perfect for fans of Kate Clayborn, Christina Lauren, and Sophia Kinsella. Book lovers come to Gigi Rutherford's bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan, when they're looking for romance novels. But beyond her shop's walls, Gigi's out of stock when it comes to potential love interests. That's all about to change, though, when Gigi's best friends surprise her with a trip to England for her 30th birthday.
And it's not just any trip: the 10-day bus tour through the most picturesque towns in England is led by her favorite audiobook narrator--on whom she's harboring a secret crush.
When Gigi misses the bus, she's offered a seat on a different tour, and the promise she can join the original tour when they cross paths later in the trip. In the meantime, she's stuck with a hodge-podge of travellers that includes the recently widowed Charlotte, the fact-obsessed Francis, and Jenny, an influencer documenting every detail for her social media followers. And then there's the disgruntled yet complicated bus driver, Taj . . .
Both laugh out loud funny and deeply emotional, Gigi, Listening will remind you that life's most memorable moments can be found in the most unexpected places, ever when it seems like everything has gone wrong.
Synopsis
"Completely charming " --Carley Fortune, New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After Fans of Sophie Kinsella and Christina Lauren will adore this touching and witty novel about a woman who takes an impulsive trip to England to meet the man behind the audiobook narrator she's fallen for.
Gigi Rutherford loves love stories. She reads them, she sells them at her romance bookstore, and she could spend hours imagining the meet-cutes of every couple she encounters. But when it comes to her own love interests, Gigi is out of stock. Instead of enduring bad date after bad date, these days she'd rather curl up with her favorite audiobook and the only man who makes her heart skip a beat: Zane Wilkenson, the smooth-voiced narrator Gigi is convinced is her soulmate.
Then, she's presented with the chance of a lifetime: a ten-day bus tour through the English countryside, an ocean away from her bookstore--all in the presence of Zane, in person, as he leads the tour.
But when Gigi arrives at the bus terminal in London, Zane is nowhere to be found. Until he shows up, she's stuck with an eclectic group of fellow travelers: recently widowed and chatty Charlotte;
trivia-obsessed Francis; Jenny, a true-crime-makeup YouTuber documenting every detail for her subscribers; and Sindhi and Roshi, a long-married couple who can't stop bickering. Then there's the brooding bus driver, Taj, who Gigi finds infuriating yet also incredibly alluring . . .
With heart and charm, warmth and humor, Chantel Guertin explores the meaning of love and family--and how, sometimes, the journey to yourself is where you'll find everything you've been searching for.