The Queen and I

By Justin Howse

Alexis Queen has always known how to be exactly what everyone needs her to be. Homecoming queen. Honor student. The girl who remembers your name and asks about your midterm. What she doesn't know how to do is stop - until the morning after the biggest night of her college career, when she falls apart over an iced coffee in front of a stranger who doesn't try to fix her.
Joseph Knight Brown has spent his life learning to pass as normal - rehearsing conversations, cataloging social rules, being the "nice guy" nobody quite sees. He's also a published author, chess club regular, and hopeless romantic who still believes in flowers and opened doors. He wasn't trying to be noticed. He was just trying not to leave.
What starts on a library bench becomes something neither of them planned: two people who've spent years performing for everyone else, slowly learning what it feels like to stop. The Queen and I is a slow-burn romance about the space between the person you show the world and the person you actually are - and what happens when someone finally sees the difference.
For readers who love quiet, character-driven love stories where the real conflict isn't a misunderstanding, but two people learning to be honest

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HHSVB1KB
• ISBN13: 9798171905798
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"