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Warm, witty romantic comedies about imperfect people, the communities that hold them up, and love that shows up when it's least convenient.

Debut novel, title coming soon

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
  • {'OCD rep, written with care' if __import__("os").environ.get("OCD_LIVE")=="1" else "OCD rep, written with care"}

"There are signs along the way, if you prove able to read them."

Lila, to the man now wearing her raspberry filling

"I'm not totally illiterate, just oblivious."

Nate, in his defense

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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