Better Than Fiction: A Small-Town Enemies-to-Lovers Romance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798186494270)

She's fighting to save her grandmother's bookstore. He's the developer holding the wrecking ball.

Clara Bennett left the city to save Bennett & Co. Books - the shop her late grandmother built from nothing, and the one steady thing left in Clara's life. She never expected the man trying to buy her entire block or the town council to force them into co-chairing the harvest gala together.

She really never expected it to be Jack Hale.

Ten years ago, Jack broke her heart in front of the whole town and left Willow Cove without looking back. Now he's returned as a successful - and ruthless - real estate developer, and his company's resort plans could level her grandmother's legacy.

Forced into weeks of gala planning side by side, old wounds start reopening - and so does something neither of them expected. But when Clara uncovers proof that Jack's plans to demolish her shop existed long before he ever kissed her, she has to decide whether the man in front of her now is worth trusting with her heart a second time.

A slow-burn, banter-filled enemies-to-lovers romance about second chances, small-town secrets, and learning that the bravest thing two people can do is finally tell each other the truth.

Better Than Fiction is a complete, standalone romance novella with a guaranteed happily ever after.

Author: Walid Zaki
ISBN-13: 9798186494270
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 07/09/2026
Pages: 90
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d