First published 2026
Ainsley Green makes her living crafting perfect love stories for devoted readers. Her own romantic life just crashed when her boyfriend dumped her. Her editor demands a new manuscript. Ainsley stares at blank pages and wonders if real love exists outside fiction. Her best friend Lucas proposes a solution: manufacture meet-cutes in real life to jumpstart her creativity. Ainsley throws herself into the project. She orchestrates airport collisions with strangers. She spills coffee on men at cafes. Each attempt produces only humiliation and ruined clothes. No sparks fly. No stories emerge. As her schemes repeatedly fail, Ainsley starts questioning whether she's been overlooking someone important. Maybe her perfect leading man was already in her story. Love refuses to follow scripts or plans. Ainsley must stop performing romance and start living it.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult-fiction, comedy, contemporary-romance
Vibes: heartwarming, humorous, romantic, self-aware, witty
Tropes: fake-dating, friends-to-lovers, meet-cute-mishaps, oblivious-to-love
Period: 21st-century
336 pages · Paperback · Cosmo Reads