Somewhere on Maple
A cozy, slow-burn small-town romance about a marriage of convenience, a grumpy-sunshine pairing, a beloved family diner, buried small-town secrets, and one last chance at foreverBy A. L. Rivers
Length8h
About this audiobook
Lena came back to the little town on Maple to save her grandmother's diner, not to marry the grumpiest man in it.
She runs on flour, stubbornness, three a.m. griddle scrubbing, and a battered recipe box she's still too scared to open.
He is Cole — flannel, stubble, arms crossed, a brick wall leaning on a pickup truck. He has every reason to want her gone and exactly one reason to keep standing close.
The diner is drowning in debt. The town council holds the vote that could shutter it for good. And the only way to keep the pink neon humming, the lawyers say, is a marriage that exists on paper and nowhere else.
So they shake on it. A lie they can both live with. Separate sides of the bed, a tidy story for the neighbors, an expiration date circled on the calendar.
"Don't promise me things you can't deliver," she warns him.
"I'm not promising," he says. "I'm telling you."
But small towns keep secrets badly. There's a box Lena won't open and a confession Cole's been swallowing for years. There's a recipe that could save everything and a betrayal that could burn it all to the studs. And somewhere between the donut that won the whole town over and the night the walls finally fall, the paper marriage starts to feel dangerously, terrifyingly real.
Now the contract is almost up. The debt is almost paid. The father who left has come home. And the two people who swore this was only pretend have to decide whether to sign the divorce — or risk the truth out loud.
Some love isn't lightning. Some love is kneaded slow, with patience, the way her grandmother always said the best dough was, until it can't be undone.
Somewhere on Maple is a cozy, slow-burn small-town romance about a marriage of convenience, a grumpy-sunshine pairing, a beloved family diner, buried small-town secrets, and one last chance at forever.
Perfect for readers who love fake-marriage romance, grumpy-sunshine couples, small-town second chances, found-family warmth, and a slow burn that earns every spark. A standalone romance with a happy ending.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction
Length8 hrs
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
16Chapter 13 - The Pivot That Costs
2Dedication
17Chapter 14 - The Blueprint of Us
3Prologue
18Chapter 15 - The Crack in the Wall
4Chapter 1 - The Lie I Built My Life On
19Chapter 16 - The Sacrifice Weighs
5Chapter 2 - The Door I Swore I’d Never Open
20Chapter 17 - The Cost of Trust
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6Chapter 3 - The Recipe for Disaster
21Chapter 18 - The Lie I Didn’t Mean to Keep
7Chapter 4 - The Debt I Can’t Repay
22Chapter 19 - The Moment the Walls Fall
8Chapter 5 - The Hand I Refuse to Hold
23Chapter 20 - The Recipe That Saves
9Chapter 6 - The Game She Plays
24Chapter 21 - The Promise I Can’t Break
10Chapter 7 - The Vote That Binds
25Chapter 22 - The Betrayal That Almost Wins
11Chapter 8 - The Price of Staying
26Chapter 23 - The Father Who Came Home
12Chapter 9 - The Donut That Won
27Chapter 24 - The Grand Gesture
13Chapter 10 - The Call I Almost Didn’t Make
28Chapter 25 - The Lie That Breaks Free
14Chapter 11 - The Secret in the Box
29Chapter 26 - The Door We Open Together
15Chapter 12 - The Confession That Cuts Both Ways
30About the Author
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