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Off Script

The must-read new second chance romance perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Abby Jimenez
Brief Description
Can they rewrite their ending for a second chance?Lara Francis has finally landed her big break. After years of bar jobs and awkward auditions, she’s been cast in her dream role – the Hollywood adaptation of her favourite book.There’s just one catch… her co-star.Avi Kumar is... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The unputdownable forced proximity, second chance romance from Bianca Gillam

The unputdownable forced proximity, second chance romance from Bianca Gillam

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Can they rewrite their ending for a second chance?

Lara Francis has finally landed her big break. After years of bar jobs and awkward auditions, she’s been cast in her dream role – the Hollywood adaptation of her favourite book.

There’s just one catch… her co-star.

Avi Kumar is a global phenomenon. He’s an action hero superstar and now he’s taking the indie movie scene by storm too. But, he also happens to be the man who broke Lara’s heart.

On set, Lara is determined to prove that she’s moved on and won’t let anything, or anyone, keep her from the role of a lifetime. But when this leads to the Director encouraging them to work on their chemistry, Lara’s walls start to crumble. She’ll do anything to make sure they don’t fall.

In front of the camera, they're investigating a murder. Behind the scenes, it’s starting to look a lot more like a romance...

If you love...
Slow burn
Forced proximity
Second chance
Workplace
The acting world
... you're going to love Off Script.

Readers love Bianca Gillam...
‘Bianca Gillam delivers a fun, swoon-worthy rom-com full of laugh-out-loud moments’ ****
‘Perfect for fans of Emily Henry’ *****
‘Had me swooning and giddy from page 1’ *****
‘I can’t wait to see what Bianca writes next!’ *****
‘The perfect beachy binge read’ *****
‘An exciting new voice in contemporary romance’ *****
‘Adding Bianca Gillam to my must-read authors list!’ *****


Bianca Gillam’s slow burn enemies-to-lovers rom-com, Bad Publicity, is out now.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526676481

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 February 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 280g

Pages: 400

About the Author

Bianca Gillam is a London-based author and armchair expert on 80s and 90s rom-coms. Her poetry has been published in a variety of publications, and her lifelong interest in asking people how they met their partner has amassed an impressive collection of ‘meet-cutes’. She formerly worked in publishing, where she had the joy of editing a wide variety of brilliant authors; she was inspired by the books she published to write her own.

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