10. Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn

read on my iPhone on Libby (borrowed from the library
narrated by Nicol Zanzarella
Unabridged audio (11:10)
2019
307 pgs.
Adult Romance
Finished 2/6/2021
Goodreads rating: 3.82 - 15,233 ratings
My rating: 4.5
Setting: Contemporary NYC

First line/s: "On Sunday I work in Sans Serif."

What I posted on Goodreads:  

My comments: I totally enjoyed this book.  It was slow and delicious. There was a great deal of philosophical/introspective thinking and conversation, which I don't usually like much at all, but Kate Clayborn wove it in beautifully.  An artist and a numbers analyst.  A young woman trying to make herself more honest and a young man who, although never mentioned at all, is somewhere, somewhat, in a mild way on the Autism/Aspbergers spectrum, I'm guessing.  Walks through Manhattan and the Bronx looking at signs and all the different modern and vintage lettering.  Playing games.  20 questions.  A romance novel that slowly unfolds, written beautifully.  Two quite steamy scenes, well into the second half of the book, which totally worked.  Yup, I liked the characters, setting, occupations, personalities, and cool twist.  

Goodreads synopsis:  Meg Mackworth’s hand-lettering skill has made her famous as the Planner of Park Slope, designing beautiful custom journals for New York City’s elite. She has another skill too: reading signs that other people miss. Like the time she sat across from Reid Sutherland and his gorgeous fiancée, and knew their upcoming marriage was doomed to fail. Weaving a secret word into their wedding program was a little unprofessional, but she was sure no one else would spot it. She hadn’t counted on sharp-eyed, pattern-obsessed Reid . . .

          A year later, Reid has tracked Meg down to find out—before he leaves New York for good—how she knew that his meticulously planned future was about to implode. But with a looming deadline, a fractured friendship, and a bad case of creative block, Meg doesn’t have time for Reid’s questions—unless he can help her find her missing inspiration. As they gradually open up to each other about their lives, work, and regrets, both try to ignore the fact that their unlikely connection is growing deeper. But the signs are there—irresistible, indisputable, urging Meg to heed the messages Reid is sending her, before it’s too late . . .