The film is based on Sally Thornes 2016 best-selling novel of the same name.

It was Thornes debut novel, and it launched her on to the literary scene and to stratospheric heights.

The romance community is brimming [with] creative geniuses, skilled at making readers laugh and blush.

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It was an amazing time in cinema.

It showed me smart, strong women who had big goals in life, she said.

The dialogue is quotable and smart.

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The endings are chocolate-box perfection.

Its good, old fashioned storytelling.

A large chunk of the book is set in one room with two desks facing each other.

Its almost like a theatre play.

These two will climb all over each other to get it.

Peter Hutchings (Then Came You) is now attached to direct, replacing previously attached helmer David Mirkin.

London-based Mister Smith Entertainment is also attached as co-financier.

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