Not a protracted romance? (9)
I believe the answer is:
novelette
'romance?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'not a protracted' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'no' (negative) and 'no' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for novelette that I've seen before include "Short work of fiction" , "Short book of fiction" , "Short story" , "romance?" , "Short and light tale" .)