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When ambitious reporter Elise gets stuck on a Roosevelt Island cable car with three wildly different strangers, she expects a minor inconvenience—not a life-altering collision of hearts. An uptight rugby coach, a charming construction worker, and a surprisingly sweet former adult film star somehow break through her commitment-phobic walls in ways she never saw coming. What starts as a chance encounter spirals into an unexpected romantic entanglement that makes her carefully ordered plans feel delightfully chaotic. As Elise chases her dream byline and these three genuinely smitten men chase her heart, she discovers that maybe the best stories aren't the ones you plan—they're the ones that find you.
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