Swipe right. Fall hard. Complicate everything.
By day, Jillian Bridges is a dedicated fourth-grade teacher. By night, she writes steamy romance novels under her pseudonym. After a brutal breakup with her fiance, her best friends stage an intervention: one dating app, a standing Tuesday night at Locals, and a rule: only the most intriguing men make the cut.
What starts as a fun experiment quickly turns into Jillian's next big writing project. Armed with cocktails, confidence, and a whole lot of curiosity, she dives headfirst into the world of dating, turning every match into potential story material. It's empowering. It's hilarious. It's exactly what she needs until him.
Trevor Donovan, charming, grounded, and the new owner of Locals was never supposed to be more than a swipe. But when sparks fly, Jillian realizes there's one major problem: Trevor is also the father of one of her most challenging students and he's not exactly unattached.
Suddenly, the lines between fiction and reality blur. As her feelings grow, Jillian must decide what she's willing to risk, her career, her dream of becoming a famous writer, or the one relationship she never saw coming.
Because some stories are too real to keep on the page.