WHETHER IT BE A HEART ACHING SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE OR A LOVESICK FRIENDS-TO-LOVERS TROPE, ROM-COMS ARE ON REPLAY DURING THE VALENTINE’S SEASON. Everything from heart shaped candies, chocolates upon chocolates, red and pink colored balloons or the ultimate obsession with romantic movies, Valentine’s Day is a day to show the ones you love how much you love them. For all the hopeless romantics out in the world, specifically the readers, Lynn Painter’s book Better Than The Movies is a must read for this holiday season. 

Liz and Wes are neighbors and childhood rivals that oddly get along, but Liz isn’t focused on him. For a long time, she’s had her eye on Michael, who has moved back into town and she’s set on getting him on her radar and maybe getting him to ask her to prom. However, she needs an in and when she notices Wes and Michael getting along, she sparks a plan with him. As they both run along in their grand scheme, Wes and Liz’s plans may be redirected due to some change in plans…or hearts. Will Liz and Wes get Michael to notice her and she can finally have her dream fairytale ending, will she end up caught in the rain with a broken plan or will she have someone else to help hold the umbrella?

Painter’s debut novel is critically acclaimed throughout social media and by authors of the like. It is a New York Times Best Seller and it’s sequel “Nothing Like the Movies” is set to be released in October of this year.