Beyond the Pages

𝙄𝙉 𝙒𝙃𝙄𝘾𝙃

nathalie finds herself falling for her brother's best friend, malachi

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Nathalie Starling is a 25 year old librarian and an aspiring romance author. While she's spent her whole life devouring love stories and and penning heartfelt tales, she's never had one of her own. Her own love life is non-existent. As her debut romance novel approaches its deadline, Nathalie realizes there's one problem: writing about passion is much harder when you've never felt it. With the help of her best friend, Aurora, she tries to get into the world of dating but it doesn't go that well.

Enter Malachi Jones, her brother's intimidating best friend. At 32, Malachi is everything Nathalie isn't-worldly, confident, and maddeningly attractive. When she confesses her struggle and asks Malachi to fake date her, it's a chaos bound to happen.

But as their lessons in romance blur the line between fiction and reality, Nathalie realizes she might be writing her own love story-one she never expected. And with secrets, a seven-year age gap, and her brother watching closely, their connection might just be the most forbidden chapter of all.