When literary agent Nora Stephens reluctantly agrees to a small-town summer escape with her well-meaning sister, she's definitely not expecting a meet-cute—or Charlie Lastra, the brooding editor she's clashed with countless times back in the city. But fate (or the universe's questionable plotting) keeps throwing them together in Sunshine Falls, and their constant run-ins start to feel less like coincidence and more like the beginning of something neither of them saw coming. As Nora and Charlie keep crossing paths, they begin to unravel the hardened versions of themselves they've carefully curated, discovering that maybe the story they're actually meant to be in looks nothing like the ones they've written. It's a funny, swoony, deeply satisfying read about two people who finally get to be the heroes of their own lives—together.

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Indie pop and folk-tinged romance with simmering tension—think bright summer days melting into charged nights. Acoustic guitars, witty banter energy, slow-burn desire. Artists like boygenius, Phoebe Bridgers, The Head and the Heart. Sweet yet electric, small-town warmth with undeniable chemistry underneath.