Length9h 44m
About this audiobook
The battle lines are drawn—between a romance-loving bookseller and the shock jock determined to tear happily-ever-afters apart.
Alice Willoughby and her mom run HEA Books, a cozy shop devoted to love stories and the people who crave them. Alice is great at matching customers with their perfect happily-ever-after…she just can’t seem to find her own.
Enter Parker Black, a disillusioned radio host who’s reinvented himself as a romance-bashing shock jock. Bitter from his breakup with a romance author who turned love into a four-letter word, Parker takes aim at the entire genre—and his on-air rants start stirring up trouble for Alice’s loyal customers and their partners. He’s arrogant, aggravating, and absolutely not book-boyfriend material.
Parker’s crusade leads to spirited debates and bookstore protests, but when unexpected sparks fly between the two of them Alice begins to wonder if her favorite trope—enemies to lovers—might actually be playing out in real life. Parker may claim romance is a lie…but is he protesting a little too much?
With sharp wit and plenty of charm, USA Today bestselling author Sheila Roberts delivers a modern battle of the sexes where the biggest question is simple:
Are romance novels ruining love—or rewriting it?
More books from Sheila Roberts:
The Man Next Door
The Best Life Book Club
The Merry Matchmaker
The Twelve Months of Christmas
The Road to Christmas
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (1.4K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreGeneral Fiction, Romance
Length9 hrs 44 mins
Narrated byAnn Marie Gideon
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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