Claiming Victory: A Romantic Comedy (The Shackleford Diaries Book 1)

Claiming Victory: A Romantic Comedy (The Shackleford Diaries Book 1)

by Beverley Watts

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4.2 stars from 7,278 reviews. One of the highest rated Contemporary Fiction books we track.


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  • You love romantic comedies where the humour is genuinely laugh-out-loud rather than eye-roll inducing, with actual emotional stakes beneath the jokes.
  • You enjoy watching cautious characters slowly realise their comfort zone has been holding them back from their actual life.
  • You appreciate British settings and a cast of quirky, well-meaning family members who drive the plot forward despite good intentions.

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  • You prefer romance where the couple meets and falls in love as the central plot, rather than personal growth with romance as a subplot.
  • You want minimal family drama and prefer stories focused entirely on the main relationship.
  • You're looking for something dark or emotionally heavy; this is warmth and lightness throughout.

About this book

Victory Shackleford, a thirty-two-year-old who prefers routine and predictability, lives a quiet life in the riverside town of Dartmouth. She manages her work, her dog, and her eccentric, adventure-loving father. Her carefully organized world is disrupted when she discovers her father has rented out their historic home as a filming location for a major Hollywood blockbuster. With cameras rolling and her father orchestrating increasingly outrageous matchmaking schemes, Victory finds herself drawn into the spotlight she has spent years avoiding. As the boundaries between her controlled life and Hollywood's chaos blur, she must choose whether to retreat to her comfort zone or take on the starring role in her own life. Her father's latest scheme may lead to an unexpected outcome.

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