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Love Felt Like This

by Julie Olivia

A televised spark, a small-town collaboration

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A televised spark, a small-town collaboration

A chance on-air collision brings singer-songwriter Griffin Harvey and children’s television producer Beverly together at a moment when each is trying to rescue a creative project. Griffin is struggling to write his next album while caring for his two-year-old daughter; Beverly has put her savings into reviving a children’s show after its nonprofit loses funding. Their work takes them to Beverly’s mountain hometown, where they have three months to develop music and television together. The setup connects a romance built around a temporary partnership with questions of creative purpose, caregiving, and the pressures of life in the public eye.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary romance with a fake-dating classification and a small-town setting.
  • Readers who enjoy romance plots involving a single parent and a young child.
  • Readers drawn to stories about music, children’s television, and creative collaboration.

Themes

Romance and collaborationParenthood and caregivingCreative work and purposePublic life and privacy

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Book overview

A grumpy rock star and a joyful children's show creator revive television magic in this standalone, cozy small-town romance.

Griffin Harvey lives his life in the spotlight. Reluctantly. The brooding famous singer-songwriter is on the cusp of composing his sophomore album . . . if only he could find the notes. But after gaining custody of his two-year-old daughter, the only music he's writing is about shapes and counting to ten.

Enter Beverly, who lives her life in the background producing children's television and laughter. Except joy is hard to find when her nonprofit loses funding. She sinks all of her savings to revive the children's show by herself, but when her variety show appearance collides with Griffin's, their banter and chemistry is caught on live television.

Suddenly, Griffin is singing a new tune. He needs a muse, and Beverly needs all the help she can get. With his secret daughter in tow, they hide out in her cozy mountain hometown, attempting to script, compose, and revive television magic. Their dynamic shouldn't work. He's all harsh tattoos and rough hands while she's bright colors and gentle touches. Once their three months of work are done, they'll return to their separate worlds. But what happens when it seems the true magic might be found in each other?
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