The Review that Ruined Everything

Small-Town Romance · Steamy / open door · 28 chapters + epilogue · 85K novel · Dual 1st person

Complete planning package, 117 pages: the premise, a full codex, every chapter outlined, an AI prompt for every chapter, and the whole launch kit — listing, blurb, keywords, posts, newsletter, reader magnet — already written. One buyer only. When it’s claimed, it’s gone.

Sloane has three years of airtight anonymity as a restaurant critic and one review she's never stopped second-guessing — one star, no name attached, the kind of verdict that closes doors. Marco Reyes rebuilt his family's restaurant from his father's failure, and that review nearly cost him everything.

Then their editors pair them for a joint column, and on night one, a regular gets too close to the truth. Marco panics and calls her his girlfriend. Sloane doesn't correct him.

Before the six-week arrangement can run its course, there's his grandmother Rosa bringing her tea without being asked, Saturday mornings at the farmers market where the performance stops somewhere between the apple stand and the parking lot, a dish that's been off the menu for fourteen years because he can't tell if keeping it back is grief or cowardice, late nights after close when neither of them moves toward the door, and the moment she says maybe you're waiting for a reason and watches something in him crack open.

Sloane built a career on staying hidden because visibility has always felt like a liability she can't afford. Marco has spent fourteen years proving he's not his father's failure, and admitting he might be ready for something new means admitting the fight isn't over. The final column goes to print Monday, and Sloane has a draft saved in a folder labeled "not yet" — her real name at the top.

Fake dating, small-town Oregon, and a chef who says everything that matters with two plates of staff meal instead of words. The kind of book where the wrongest possible way to meet someone becomes the reason you can't stop reading until you know if honesty wins.

WHAT’S INSIDE THIS PACKAGE

⭐️ Story Premise — high-concept pitch, elevator pitch, and Market-Matched™ validation with dual-category positioning and competitive analysis

⭐️ Complete Codex — full story bible with main characters, supporting cast of 6, Copper Hollow Oregon setting, Sal y Tierra restaurant setting, six-week joint-column timeline, dual first-person voice system with distinct verbal patterns for Sloane (observational, precise, a critic's eye turned inward) and Marco (spare, tactile, says more through food than words), relationship progression, steamy intimacy guidance, and series seeds for 3 future books

⭐️ Chapter-by-Chapter Outline — 28 chapters + epilogue with emotional beats, word count targets, scene breakdowns, and six-week ticking-clock structure

⭐️ AI-Ready Chapter Prompts — detailed writing instructions for every chapter with tone, pacing, heat-level progression, and distinct voice guidance for alternating POV

⭐️ Amazon Launch Kit — the listing, written: Amazon listing with categories and keywords and back cover copy

⭐️ Reader & Promo Kit — social media posts, newsletter announcement, reader magnet concepts, and series launch strategy

You write the book. The listing, the blurb, the keywords, the posts, the newsletter and the reader magnet are already written.

One buyer. One story. Exclusively yours.

WHY THIS WILL SELL