Heroes Are My Weakness

by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Overview

New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips is back with a delightful novel filled with her sassy wit and dazzling charm. 

He's a reclusive writer whose imagination creates chilling horror novels. She's a down-on-her-luck actress reduced to staging kids' puppet shows. He knows a dozen ways to kill his characters with his bare hands. She knows a dozen ways to kill an audience with laughs. But she's not laughing now.

Annie Hewitt has arrived on Peregrine Island in the middle of a snowstorm and at the end of her resources. She's broke, dispirited, but not quite ready to give up. Her red suitcases hold the puppets she uses to make her living: sensible Dilly, spunky Scamp, and Leo, the baddest of bad guys. Her puppets, the romantic novels she loves, and a little bit of courage are all she has left.

Annie couldn't be more ill prepared for what she finds when she reaches Moonraker Cottage or for the man who dwells in Harp House, the mysterious mansion that hovers above the cottage. When she was a teenager, he betrayed her in a way she can never forget or forgive. Now they're trapped together on a frozen island along with a lonely widow, a mute little girl, and townspeople who don't know how to mind their own business.

Is he the villain she remembers, or has he changed? Her head says no. Her heart says yes.

It's going to be a long, hot winter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062106094
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	07/28/2015
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	399,070
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 7.40(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a New York Times, Publisher’s Weekly, and USA Today bestselling author, known for her lighthearted, sparkling, and addictive contemporary romance novels which include the Chicago Stars series, the Wynette, Texas series, and multiple stand-alone books. She has published more than twenty books including It had to be You, First Star I See Tonight, and Dance Away with Me. Her novels have been published in more than 30 languages and appear on bestseller lists worldwide. Visit Susan’s website at www.susanelizabethphillips.com.

Hometown:

Chicago, Illinois

Place of Birth:

Cincinnati, Ohio

Education:

B.F.A., Ohio University

Website:

http://www.susanephillips.com

Editorial Reviews

Details of smalltown New England life round out this powerfully successful homage.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“realistically quirky yet all too relatable characters, polished writing, tart humor, and an abundance of potent sexual chemistry. [...] another romance to treasure from one of the genre’s superstars, and proof positive that good things come to those readers who wait.” — Booklist (starred review)

“Heart-wrenching and uplifting, with witty dialogue, emotional depth, and details that give substance and texture to an already entertaining, engrossing story.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“In a stunning change of pace, Phillips reveals a brilliant flair for the gothic as she channels the Brontës, Daphne du Maurier, Victoria Holt, and Phyllis Whitney [...] An unforgettable, deliciously spicy romance that readers won’t want to put down.” — Library Journal (starred review)

From the Publisher

realistically quirky yet all too relatable characters, polished writing, tart humor, and an abundance of potent sexual chemistry. [...] another romance to treasure from one of the genre’s superstars, and proof positive that good things come to those readers who wait.

Booklist (starred review)

★ 2014-07-06
Sick, broke and homeless, AnnieHewitt must retreat to the cottage her mother left her, even if it is on aremote island off the coast of Maine—and even if Theo Harp, the boy who triedto kill her when they were teenagers and who is now a best-selling horrorauthor, is ensconced in the Gothic mansion next door.After making her narcissistic mother's last days as pleasant as possible, Anniefalls ill with pneumonia and bottoms out financially. Desperate, she makes herway to Moonraker Cottage, the small home Mariah loved and bequeathed to Annie,along with a deathbed promise of a valuable legacy hidden there. Annie hasavoided the island since she was a teen, when she developed a huge crush onTheo—the psychopathic boy who played on her emotions and ultimately tried tokill her. She'd like nothing better than to never see him again, but once shearrives, in the dead of winter, she finds herself drawn into the lives of thepeople at Harp House: Jaycie, the injured housekeeper with a tragic past; hermute daughter, Livia; and Theo himself, sexy as sin and, she realizes,completely different from the evil teen she remembers. The longer Annie stays,the more it becomes clear that someone doesn't want her there, but for thefirst time in her life, she feels a sense of purpose and belonging, and she'snot going anywhere without a fight. Harp House and Moonraker Cottage bothconceal a wealth of secrets, and finding the truth could offer the wholeisland a better future. Ventriloquist Annie, with her cozy puppets andemerging fierceness, might save everyone—especially Theo, whose past hasconvinced him he's a villain but who is really a hero at heart. Romance starPhillips takes a new and intriguing direction that reads like an homage to theclassic gothic novel yet maintains her typical pitch-perfect characters andcompelling, complex plot.Heart-wrenching and uplifting, with witty dialogue, emotional depth, anddetails that give substance and texture to an already entertaining, engrossingstory.

Kirkus Reviews