First published 2023
Zoe opens a box she and her best friend assembled as kids, full of the dreams a ten-year-old pinned her whole future on. Standing there as an adult, she can see her real life matches none of it. So she does the unthinkable: she breaks up with Mr. Perfectly Fine and walks away from the job that has been grinding her down. The implosion feels necessary, but it leaves her exposed. What she does not count on is Zander Davidson. Her best friend's older brother has been waiting for exactly this moment, and now that they are both single, he moves. He gets his sister on board, enlists his boss (who also happens to be Zoe's dad), and uses the old bucket list from that same childhood box as a literal road map. The plan includes a road trip and a game of pretend that Zoe herself agrees to play. Zander wants to keep her permanently. Zoe is still figuring out who she is after torching everything familiar. This is a standalone entry in the Springbrook Hills series, a full-length romance with explicit content and profanity for readers 18 and up, ending in a happily ever after.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult, contemporary-romance
Vibes: character-driven, emotional, heartfelt, intimate, romantic
Tropes: fake-dating, forced-proximity, friends-to-lovers, second-chance-romance
Setting: Springbrook Hills
362 pages · Paperback · Morgan Wieboldt
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content