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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 25 2025
Pages: 50
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.10 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
When the City Went Quiet
A Clean Montreal Lockdown Romance
One month before the shutdowns, a visiting systems engineer and a Montreal business coordinator share only names on an agenda. When the city closes and curfew falls, their work calls turn into small rituals, careful rules-and a slow, steady love that survives distance, grief, and the pressure of reopening.
Adam Reed fixes what people depend on. Sophie Tremblay keeps the room calm when the rules change. As offices empty and screens replace conference rooms, they choose patience over spectacle: late-night checklists, sunrise promises on Mount Royal, and a repaired Singer sewing machine that hums like hope. When work returns with louder demands, they must protect what they built in the quiet-and decide what a healthy future looks like.
This is a clean, contemporary romance-no on-page sex or profanity; tender chemistry, respectful boundaries, and a guaranteed happy ending.
What you'll find inside:
- Slow-burn office-to-WFH romance set in Montréal
- Curfew/lockdown backdrop handled with care and hope
- Competence, kindness, and healthy communication
- Grief and healing, found-family moments, gentle humor
- HEA - Clean & wholesome - Uplifting tone
Tropes & Vibes: slow burn - workplace partners - forced distance → virtual closeness - late-night calls - small rituals - second-act pressure after reopening - practical boundaries - fixing things together (yes to checklists, no to drama).
Setting & Specs: Montreal city streets, Old Montréal daylight, Mount Royal mornings, apartment windows and café reflections. Dual POV (third person). Novelette/short novella ( 10,000 words).
For readers who enjoy grounded, hopeful romances with real jobs, real cities, and a focus on emotional safety, communication, and everyday courage.
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