An instant chemistry, opposites attract rom-com set in the world of weddings
Lila runs Dream Details Wedding Co., and she lives by its motto: your dream day, down to the last detail. She writes the safety manuals, color-codes the timelines, and has her best friend Henry, the award-winning baker behind Holloway Hearth Cafe, on speed dial. What she doesn't plan for is the stranger who walks straight into her tray of tasting cakes.
His name is Nate. He's late, he's glued to his phone, and he's the bride's big brother, here to keep the wedding on budget and on track, which is supposed to be Lila's job. He thinks marriage is a business agreement. She believes in love with her whole heart. And yet he's the one who stays on the floor with her while she cries into the buttercream, and then quietly lies to the whole table to cover for her.
Somewhere between a rehearsal dinner and a hotel with only one bed left, the man who ruined her tasting starts to see the parts of her she works hardest to hide. One of them is going to have to be wrong about love. Neither of them expects it to be this messy.
You'll find
- Instant chemistry
- Opposites attract
- Forced proximity
- Messy meet-cute
- Type-A heroine
- Wedding season
- One bed
- Found family
- Dual POV
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"There are signs along the way, if you prove able to read them."
"I'm not totally illiterate, just oblivious."
Step inside the book
Games, pages, and peeks from the world of the book. All free, all a little ridiculous.
Are you a Lila or a Nate?
Eight questions. One very messy cake tasting. Find out which of them you'd be.
You're invited
Kat and Joel's wedding website, planned down to the last detail (and one late guest).
Dream Details
Lila's wedding planning business. Your dream day, down to the last detail.
The cake tasting
Pick your slice at Holloway Hearth Cafe and see what it says about you.
The text that started it
The message Nate was reading when he walked into a tray of cake.
The sign hunt
Five hidden caution signs. Find them all to unlock a peek from Nate's side.
The Reading Room
Reading lists from Lucy's own shelf: cozy series, tropes, and where to start with her favorite authors.
Lila's to-do list (Lucy's edition)
Lila writes to-do lists with things she already finished, just to cross them off. So does Lucy. Here's where the book stands: ten chapters drafted, with the whole story plotted through the epilogue.
- Write chapter one (the cake disaster)
- Write chapter two (please copy me on all calendar invites)
- Write chapter three (Nate's side of the story)
- Rework the puzzle (goodbye enemies, hello instant chemistry)
- Write chapter four (the venue walkthrough)
- Write chapter five (Nate's tape measure vs. Lila's florals)
- Write chapter six (the parking lot, and a calendar invite)
- Write chapter seven (Lila, at home)
- Write chapter eight (coffee at Holloway Hearth, strictly as peers)
- Write chapter nine (morning coffee with Henry)
- Write chapter ten (Nate's garden)
- Chapter elevenIn progress
- The one-bed hotel run-in
- Finish the first draft
- Pick a title (finally)
- Edits, edits, edits
- Cover reveal
- Advance copies to newsletter readers
- Launch day
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