when Red Morgan and Chloe Brown get into your head - good grief - there's nothing like it. Now, this setup may cause some readers to pause - how can Get a Life, Chloe Brown be a lighthearted, emotionally satisfying romp when the main characters are so broken, the stakes are so high and the endgame so potentially devastating? Is it possible - or even healthy - for Chloe and Red to fall hopelessly, painfully and uncompromisingly in love? Hibbert softens the story's edges with infectious banter and internal monologues that tickle the funny bone. Like many a good romance hero, he won't allow himself to be that vulnerable again. But she's also what he thinks of as a society girl - like the woman who broke his heart back home. Chloe is gorgeous enough to make Red reconsider his no-drooling-over-the-tenants rule.

Recently relocated from London, he's abandoned his friends and acquaintances and stepped away from a promising career as an artist to flush toilets and change lightbulbs - which he does in exchange for his lodging, while ignoring the things that caused him to flee London in the first place. You guessed it, this is an enemies-to-lovers story!īook Reviews 'Don't You Forget About' This Charming, Deliciously Dramatic RomanceĪnd Red, too, is reassessing his life. And she's ready to dive in - to the extent her health allows - but her new building's superintendent causes her another type of pain, like a splinter in the sole of her foot. She moves out of her family home, rents an apartment and makes a list of things to experience. After her close call, Chloe has a new plan: She's going to Get A Life. She's lost friends, even a fiancé - but her three sisters, her parents and an eccentric aunt have stuck by her. This brush with death prompts Chloe to reassess her isolated life she has fibromyalgia, and the associated pain, fatigue, insomnia and mood issues have her living a life devoted to little more than pain management. No, it's more like the icing on the best cake you've ever wanted to devour.Ĭhloe Brown is 31, and she's just had a close encounter with a speeding Range Rover, which missed her by a mere 3 feet before crashing into a coffee shop. And don't think the answer here is that love cures pain and trouble.

Don't be surprised at just how much you'll empathize with their angsty backstories (hilarious delivery aside, Hibbert makes almost as strong a case against love as she does for it). Hibbert's main characters have given up on love - and she doesn't shy away from digging into their reasons. Talia Hibbert's Get a Life, Chloe Brown is a tour-de-force romance that tackles tough problems like insecurity and chronic pain while still delivering a laugh-out-loud love story full of poignant revelations about human nature. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Get a Life, Chloe Brown Author Talia Hibbert

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