Hook, Line, and Sinker

Hannah Bellinger is the protagonist, female romantic lead, and one of the point-of-view characters. She is 26, blonde, and pretty, but she tends to be understated in her manner and wears a ball cap and tennis shoes as part of her usual outfit more often than a dress and heels. She is warm-hearted, loyal, and can be fierce about protecting those she loves. As the novel progresses, she wears more flamboyant clothing, signaling how she is stepping out from her role of the supportive sister and friend and into that of a leading lady.

Hannah works as a production assistant, the bottom rung of the movie ladder, because she didn’t want to use her famous stepfather to leverage a position higher up in the industry. When the story opens, she’s had a crush on Sergei, the director of the film production company she works for, for two years. This attraction begins to fade, however, after Hannah gets involved with Fox Thornton.

Hannah is defined by her love of music. She uses songs to communicate her moods and feelings; songs are her way of interpreting the world. She takes pleasure in being able to match a song with