First published 2024
Rooney Gao creates art installations with red string, inspired by the Chinese legend that invisible threads connect soulmates. When creative block hits, she starts doubting everything she believes about destiny and love. Then she meets Jack Liu on a February night in New York. He's brilliant, successful, and gorgeous. They share dumplings under winter skies, and every sign points to him being her fated match. But Jack dismisses the idea of predetermined love entirely. After their magical evening together, circumstances pull them apart. Rooney thinks she's lost her perfect person forever. When chance gives them another opportunity to connect, she faces an impossible challenge. She must convince someone who trusts only logic and reason to believe in something as intangible as destiny. The red string theory says their connection is inevitable, but Jack's skepticism threatens to cut the thread between them before it can truly bind them together.
Genres: fiction, romance, magical-realism, contemporary-romance
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fate
Setting: New York
Period: February
352 pages · Paperback · Forever