Love Pop: Rylan and Roman

By Lily P. Archer

Love Pop
He needed help. He didn't expect to need her.
Fire Chief Roman Delaney has built a life that looks solid from the outside-steady job, respected name, roots in Pinkerton Falls that run deep.
But at nearly forty, his life is all routine... and no heart.
Dating in a town where everyone knows your history is exhausting. Women love the idea of a fireman-until they realize the job comes first. Always. After one too many failed relationships, Roman is almost ready to admit defeat.
He might even try Pink Match.
Almost.
Then a stranger walks into his fire station carrying a newborn baby-and everything changes.
Rylan Ward didn't come to Pinkerton Falls looking for love.
She came to deliver a child.
At forty-two, Rylan has built her life around helping others create families through her company, Miracle Match. She's the one who makes miracles happen-for everyone but herself. After a devastating breakup that proved she was never "the one," she's done believing love will show up for her.
But this job is different.
Because the baby she places in Roman Delaney's arms? Feels like hers.
Now Roman is a father overnight. And Rylan is the only one who knows how to help him survive it.
What starts as a temporary arrangement becomes something dangerously real.
Late-night feedings.
Shared exhaustion.
A baby who binds them together in ways neither expected.
In a town already convinced they're a family, the lines between pretend and forever begin to blur.
But Rylan knows better than anyone-being needed isn't the same as love.
And when her heart-and her future-are on the line, she has to ask herself: is Roman in love with her... or just the life they've built around a child?
Some love stories start with sparks. Theirs starts with a baby... and the risk of losing everything.

Tropes You'll Love
Small-Town Romance; Later-in-Life Romance (40+); Surprise Baby / Secret Baby (without the secret); Forced Proximity; Single Dad; Found Family; Slow Burn → Emotional Payoff; "We're Not a Couple" Situationship; Caretaking / Domestic Intimacy; Fish Out of Water (city woman in small town); Grumpy x Competent Hero / Capable, Guarded Heroine; Heartbreak → Grand Gesture.

Love Pop is a standalone story in the Pink Matchmakers world. Characters from other stories in the series make cameo appearances.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H2H3F12Q
• ISBN13: 9798254588689
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"