Meant to Be: Dual Image / One Summer

by Nora Roberts

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts focuses on the love that heals broken hearts with two passionate novels bound in a single volume—Meant to Be.

Dual Image
In a role that propelled her to daytime television stardom, Ariel Kirkwood’s soap opera character reflects her actual playful personality. So when she gets cast as a devious bombshell in famous screenwriter Booth DeWitt’s semiautobiographical film, her dreams of a silver screen career seem assured. Impressed with Ariel’s believable portrayal, Booth can only see her as his heartless ex-wife, the basis for the character. Reading between the lines Booth projects on set, Ariel finds herself falling for the hopeful man beneath the cynicism. To make Booth see that the real Ariel is offering him a chance for love, she’s going to have to change her act.

One Summer
There’s no summer getaway for Celebrity magazine photographer Bryan Mitchell this year. Instead she’ll be spending three months on the road with renowned photojournalist Shade Colby. Their assignment is a nationwide photo shoot, taking candid snapshots of a summer in America for a beautiful coffee table book. But Bryan’s family fun in the sun moments contrasts with Shade’s portraits revealing the dark side of touristy vacations. Unable to agree on whose pictures best represent their project’s ideal, or anything else, Bryan and Shade discover something extraordinary when they come out from behind their cameras to truly see one another—two people longing for truth and beauty, hoping to share their vision of love.

Genres: Romance

432 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published January 24, 2023

About the author

Nora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 novels, including Hideaway, Under Currents, Come Sundown, The Awakening, Legacy, and coming in November 2021 -- The Becoming -- the second book in The Dragon Heart Legacy. She is also the author of the futuristic suspense In Death series written under the pen name J.D. Robb. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.

Reviews

[Angel (Bookn.All.Night)]

It took me a while to finish this one since it's two different books in one. I enjoyed both stories but then Nora Roberts so...lol

[Kathi Olsen]

I enjoyed the story,but did not like the distraction from it because of the sex scenes. It's pretty predictable as far as two photographers go cross country catching the spirit of summer. Yes they do fall in love and have a hard time getting past their respective baggage issues.

[Bridget Kasper]

predictable love stories....