Shut Up and Drive: A Closed-Door Rom-Com

By Noelle Davenport

Two meddling mothers. One road trip. A million ways to throw Sera and Thane together.

After a humiliating breakup, fiery pastry chef Serafina Spencer is more than ready for a vacation. But the moment she pulls into her parents' driveway for their annual summer trip, trouble greets her in the form of Thane Donnelly. No problem, the lake house is large. She'll ignore him with headphones and novels in order to protect her peace. She needs solitude, not her past rearing its ugly head.

Thane has loved his best friend's sister since his teenage years, and concealed his feelings by teasing her mercilessly. When life got complicated, he left home in the middle of the night without saying goodbye. After five years of living in the wind, he returns home and is instantly thrown into mothers' matchmaking mayhem. They cancel Sera and Thane's flights and strand them together, leaving them with the smallest rental car possible.

Now forced to drive together over seven hundred miles from New York to South Carolina, they have no other option than to clear the air between them before they reach the lake house where both of their families are waiting.

Sera wants to keep things surface-level. Thane wants to rip off the bandage and reveal the truth he's kept hidden. The universe-and gas station burritos-have other plans.

They don't know what will happen along the way, but one thing's for certain:

All is fair in love and road trips.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H753QM4P
• ISBN13: 9798986429878
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Aubrey Jeppson/Noelle Davenport
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"