Cathy Price prefers to stay in the dark. Literally. As a lighting technician at the Elysian Theatre, she can control the spotlight without ever having to stand in it. But when her boss tells her the fall show has been cancelled, Cathy is thrust into the terrifying role of playwright. Her panic hits a fever pitch when the perfect leading man walks through the door at auditions: Aaron Dobbs. Tall, handsome, and the same arrogant actor who ruined her life six years ago.

 

​Aaron is exhausted by his career as a charming Hallmark actor, and is desperate for a role with genuine depth. He knows Cathy hates him, but when he is cast in Cathy's show, the electricity crackling between them during late-night rehearsals is impossible to ignore. As icy glares melt into stolen kisses, Cathy begins to believe that Aaron might be more than the boy who broke her heart and sabotaged her university career. ​

 

However, in the notoriously fickle world of show business, nothing stays a secret for long. When a hidden truth threatens to bring the curtain down on their fragile new romance and her show, Cathy must decide if she's ready to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight.

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The Love Monologue is a standalone theatre-based romantic comedy full of strong female characters, found family and mental health representation. For fans of books like ‘The Hating Game’ and ‘Funny You Should Ask’, or movies like ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’

This is the first full-length, interconnected standalone novel (can be read in any order) in the Curtain Call series, where the best chemistry isn't rehearsed, and love takes the spotlight.