Meet Me in the Margins

By: Melissa Ferguson

Narrated by: Talon David

Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

You’ve Got Mail meets The Proposal—this romance is one for the books.

Savannah Cade’s dreams are coming true. The Claire Donovan, editor-in-chief of the most successful romance publishing company in the country, has requested to see the manuscript Savannah’s been secretly writing. The only problem: she’s an editor for a different company, and their philosophy is only highbrow works are worth printing and romance should be reserved for the lowest level of Dante’s inferno.

But when Savannah drops her manuscript during a staff meeting and nearly exposes herself to the whole company—including William Pennington, the new boss and son of the romance-despising CEO herself—she has no choice but to hide the manuscript in a hidden room.

When she returns, she’s dismayed to discover that someone has not only been in her hidden nook but has written notes in the margins—quite critical ones. But when Claire’s own reaction turns out to be nearly identical to the scribbled remarks, and worse, Claire announces that Savannah has six weeks to resubmit before she retires, Savannah finds herself forced to seek the help of the shadowy editor after all.

As their notes back and forth start to fill up the pages, however, Savannah finds him not just becoming pivotal to her work but her life. There’s no doubt about it: she’s falling for her mystery editor. If she only knew who he was.

“Meet Me in the Margins is a delightfully charming jewel of a book that fans of romantic comedy won’t be able to put down!” — Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author of Under the Southern Sky

©2022 Melissa Ferguson (P)2022 Thomas Nelson

Critic reviews

"Ferguson (The Cul-de-Sac War) enchants with this whimsical tale set against the evergreen culture war between literary and commercial fiction . . . An idealistic, competent heroine, a swoon-worthy hero, and delightfully quirky supporting characters bolster this often hilarious send up of the publishing industry, which doubles as a love letter to the power of stories. The is sure to win Ferguson some new fans." (Publishers Weekly)

So good! So cute!

The story started off a bit slow but it turned out to be the perfect pace for the sweet ending. I’m so wary of romance bestsellers but this one is so good! Just enough sweetness and spark with no language or blush-worthy scenes. Loved the transformations and lessons learned. Great read overall!

Cute and fun

I enjoyed listening to this book. The story is sweet and the characters fun and interesting.

Had a hard time putting this one down

Definitely the sweet, feel-good summer read I didn’t even realize I was needing! It pulls you in immediately and is hard to put down!

Vacation book

Fun book to listen to while traveling. Cute story. Performance was good. Fun ending. Enjoyed book

Cute and light

Fun, cute falling-in-love story with interesting characters. I liked the narrator as well. No offensive language—I could recommend to my mom ;)

Pure Delight!

A fun story with fantastic characters and an engaging plot. Loved the narration as well! Will watch for more from this author and narrator!

Great premise, pretty good execution

I loved the premise, and overall the story was enjoyable. Definitely worth a read. Some minor criticisms are that some character and story elements seemed a bit unbelievable, and the chemistry (outside the margins) is not compelling. I get that the protagonist is supposed to be an "average" woman and no one can objectively edit their own work, but her first draft was appallingly bad. And she's an editor but she's impressed by the word "bailiwick" and other thesaurus words? Hard to see why the mystery editor was impressed. Also, how did they have so much time during the work day to hide away and edit her book?? Still, it was a fun, light read. The narrator seemed a bit too serious for the character sometimes, but was nice to listen to.

A fun read

Not a complicated story but I loved it none the less. Predictable but fun. I would recommend

Loved loved this book!

Omg OK I read the kindle version of the meet me in the margins and of course loved it. So much so I felt a book hangover. So I decided I would download the audiobook version and omg it made me love this book even more. What a great book funny, intriguing, even mysterious😁💜 I hope everyone is getting as much enjoyment out of this book as I have.

may not finish

if you like a book where the majority of the story takes place as the main character's thoughts, this is for you. This kinda slowed down the progression for me. I'm looking for more action less internal processing.