Romance · Free kit
Great Big Beautiful Life
Alice Scott, a sunny staff writer hungry for a serious book, tracks reclusive heiress Margaret Ives to Little Crescent Island off the Georgia coast. Pulitzer winner Hayden Anderson is already in the living room. Margaret offers both of them a paid month of interviews, an ironclad NDA, and only pieces of a century-long family story — then lets the wanting between the two writers become part of the mystery. Henry's 2025 novel is a slow-burn romance braided with a media dynasty's secrets: who gets to tell a life, who gets protected from it, and what a story costs the people living inside it.
“There's an old saying about stories, and how there are always three versions of them: yours, mine, and the truth.”
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Plan your meeting
Great Big Beautiful Life This or That
Answer in under three seconds. No wrong answers — only revealing ones.
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Rapid fire (60 seconds)
Read these aloud as fast as the group can shout answers.
- 1. Green tea at the door or Coffee and a croissant?
- 2. Twizzlers in a hotel bed or Pie at a 24-hour diner?
- 3. Hot-pink front door or Checked hotel bedspread?
- 4. Wind-chime doorbell or Fire alarm at midnight?
- 5. Plane boat at low tide or Walk on the beach after dinner?
- 6. Live oak and sea breeze or Highland Park taqueria?
- 7. Flagstone patio interview or Workshop labyrinth?
- 8. Sweet tea on the island or Iced coffee from Little Croissant?
- 9. One perfect mosaic tile or One honest sentence?
- 10. Stay through the last interview or Walk out when the story turns?