by Lucy Score
First published 2026
Zoey Moody finds herself banished from Manhattan's publishing world and stranded in a tiny Pennsylvania town. The literary agent has one client left, her best friend Hazel, and no money. Her escape plan is simple: turn Hazel's romance novel into a bestseller and return to New York. Then she meets Gage Bishop, her tall, serious landlord who lives in a converted barn. He wants marriage and has his life mapped out for years ahead. She wants casual encounters and can barely manage her phone's calendar. They seem completely wrong for each other. She fears animals while he surrounds himself with them. But when a family secret destroys Gage's carefully ordered world, he asks Zoey for one night to help him forget his troubles. That single night threatens to upend both their plans and force them to reconsider what they really want from life.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Manhattan, Pennsylvania
540 pages · Paperback · Bloom Books