Counting Down To Love

By Hayden Mank

Alana wasn't saying her date was a complete disaster, but if there'd been an emergency exit under the table, she'd have used it.

A sharp, ambitious marketing strategist in Chicago, Alana knows how to craft the perfect narrative-except when it comes to her own love life. There, things are more "bless your heart" than "happily ever after."

She prefers her world tidy, predictable, and drama-free. So when she's roped into attending a Punch & Dux Knock 'Em Out Speed Dating Event, the last thing she expects is a date so disastrous it feels divinely cursed.

Frustrated and ready to call it quits on the whole dating thing, Alana slips into a quiet church one afternoon, the kind of place her father used to take her when life felt too loud. Sitting in the stillness, she finds herself talking to him, just like she used to-seeking comfort, clarity, and maybe a little divine direction.

Just when she's ready to swear off romance altogether, an unexpected connection brews-one that wasn't calculated by an app, but by late-night conversations, stolen glances, and a coffee shop where love and left hooks collide.

In a place where people come for caffeine and leave with something more, Alana is about to learn that the best things in life can't be planned-they just happen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1069303135
• ISBN13: 9781069303134
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Karen Lacey
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"