{"product_id":"a-terrible-time-to-be-charming-contemporary-romance-ebook","title":"A Terrible Time to Be Charming: Contemporary Romance eBook","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA Terrible Time to Be Charming by LOVVA\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHer café needs customers. Her opening week needs a miracle. Neither requires him to be attractive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMaya Bennett has poured her savings into Little Hours, a Sydney neighbourhood café with second-hand furniture, excellent coffee and an opening date she refuses to move. Then the refrigerator fails, her baker withdraws, and Theo Lawson walks through the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheo is the hospitality consultant who once described her business plan as “optimism with a spreadsheet.” He is composed, inconveniently helpful and considerably harder to dislike when he is holding a mop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA Witty Contemporary Romance Set in Sydney\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOpening-week mishaps turn into shared meals, sharp banter and dates Maya hadn’t planned to make time for. Behind Theo’s professional confidence is a man reconsidering his career. Behind Maya’s determination is a woman learning that accepting support does not mean surrendering control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Theo is considering a job with the group opening a competing café nearby. When he delays telling Maya, their growing attraction meets a problem that charm cannot solve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Terrible Time to Be Charming\u003c\/em\u003e is a standalone contemporary romance novella about ambition, honesty and making room for love when life refuses to become less complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat You Will Find Inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA neighbourhood café setting in Marrickville, Sydney.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWitty dialogue, opening-week chaos and gradually developing attraction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAlternating viewpoints following café owner Maya and consultant Theo.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA supporting cast of outspoken relatives, capable colleagues and generous neighbours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBelievable conflict involving work, trust, money and personal boundaries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNon-graphic, fade-to-black intimacy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA complete happy ending and a one-year-later epilogue.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA Taste of the Banter\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Do you always criticise businesses before ordering?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Only when the owner asks for my professional opinion.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“I asked whether you wanted toast.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho Is This eBook For?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is for adult readers who enjoy contemporary romance with humour, independent characters and emotional depth. If you like café settings, imperfect first impressions and relationships built through everyday choices, Maya and Theo’s story belongs on your reading list.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Is Included?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA professionally formatted, 54-page PDF edition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA reflowable EPUB edition with adjustable text in compatible reading apps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e24 chapters and an epilogue.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eApproximately 12,000 words in Australian English.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDigital Delivery and Reading\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a digital eBook. No physical book will be shipped. After successful payment, an automated email will provide download links for both your PDF and EPUB editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRead the PDF using a PDF reader, or open the EPUB in a compatible eBook app. EPUB page count and layout vary according to your device, font size and reading settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMake Time for One More Chapter\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe coffee is strong. The timing is terrible. The attraction is becoming difficult to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdd \u003cem\u003eA Terrible Time to Be Charming\u003c\/em\u003e to your cart and meet two people discovering that love rarely waits for a convenient moment.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LOVVA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67144605237619,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/9510\/7699\/files\/LOVVA-A-Terrible-Time-to-Be-Charming-Cover.jpg?v=1792311454","url":"https:\/\/www.lovva.com.au\/products\/a-terrible-time-to-be-charming-contemporary-romance-ebook","provider":"LOVVA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}