First published 2024
Emma Wheeler has devoted her life to crafting romantic comedies while caring for her father. When famous screenwriter Charlie Yates offers her the chance to collaborate on a script rewrite, she jumps at the opportunity and moves to Los Angeles for six weeks. Her excitement quickly fades when she discovers that Charlie has zero interest in working with her, dismisses her as a nobody, and has produced a romantic comedy so awful it defies belief. Worse yet, he considers the entire project disposable, viewing it merely as leverage to get his preferred script approved. Charlie openly mocks love as nothing more than an elaborate con game. Emma refuses to back down. She decides to fight for her craft, defend romantic comedies as a legitimate art form, and prove that love stories have genuine value. Her strategy includes everything up to kissing Charlie into submission if necessary. The problem arises when that kiss turns out to be unexpectedly perfect. Reality begins outpacing fiction as Emma finds herself living the very kind of love story she writes about, complete with complications that break every rule she knows.
Genres: fiction, romance, comedy, contemporary-romance
Vibes: fast-paced, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Los Angeles
Period: Contemporary
336 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press