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I came to reset my life. He came to catch a wave. Neither of us expected to fall in love.

I don’t do spontaneous. My entire life has been a checklist of promotions, perfectly curated plans, and proving I’m good enough to deserve my place at the top. So when my boss orders me on a forced sabbatical to a wellness retreat in sunny Noosa, Australia, I’m determined to treat it like another project to complete—and nothing more.Then I meet Kian Hurley. Surf instructor. Sunshine in human form. A man who lives by the tides, not a calendar. He’s chaos I can’t control, temptation I can’t afford, and the exact reason I came here to reset my priorities in the first place. But the more time we spend together, the more I wonder if maybe some rules are meant to be rewritten.Turns out the biggest risk isn’t falling for the wrong person. It’s daring to believe you might finally be free.

Tropes:

  • He falls first
  • Fake relationship
  • Slow-burn tension
  • Dating coach heroine
  • Touches that mean way too much
  • Absolutely zero chill from the male main character
  • tropey romance novella
  • she’s the coach, he’s the lesson
  • romcom with heart and heat
  • romance novella with banter
  • smart heroines, smitten heroes

She has a list. He checks none of the boxes. Unfortunately for her, he might be perfect anyway.

Harper Weston doesn’t believe in leaving things to chance. As the COO of a rising startup, her entire life runs on spreadsheets, schedules, and carefully curated plans—including her love life. After too many failed relationships, she’s created The List: stable career, responsible, future-parent material. No exceptions.

Nate Callahan is every exception. A charming travel photographer with a motorcycle, a passport full of stamps, and absolutely zero interest in corporate ladder climbing, he’s the exact kind of chaos Harper swore off. But when work throws them together on a high-stakes project in the middle of nowhere, Harper can’t ignore the growing pull between them—or how easy it feels to let her guard down when he’s around.

She’s looking for someone safe. He’s willing to risk everything. And some rules are made to be broken.

A slow-burn, opposites-attract romance about control, vulnerability, and the terrifying possibility that the wrong guy might be exactly who you need.

Tropes:

  • He falls first
  • Grumpy/sunshine (gender-flipped)
  • Opposites attract
  • Slow burn
  • Emotional angst
  • Workplace adjacent romance
  • Travel photographer MMC
  • Corporate, ambitious FMC

I swore I’d never work for Miles Fletcher. So, of course, he’s my new boss.

Three years ago, I read an interview that shattered me. A senior editor at one of the most prestigious publishing houses, Miles Fletcher, claimed that only people with raw talent would ever make it. That hard work could make you competent, but never great. I’d never met him, but I hated him.

Now I’m the newest assistant at Blackthorn Publishing, and thanks to a last-minute reassignment, I’m working for the man who represents everything I’ve fought against. He’s brilliant. Intimidating. Impossible to please. But he’s also sharp-eyed, maddeningly perceptive, and when he starts giving me real editorial work instead of busywork, I don’t know whether to be grateful or suspicious.

Because Miles Fletcher looks at my writing like it matters. Like I might matter. And if he’s right, if there’s something in me worth seeing, then I’ll have to let go of the story I’ve been telling myself for years: that I’ll never be good enough to belong here.

A slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance about ambition, anxiety, and the terrifying possibility that your biggest critic might be your fiercest believer.

Tropes:

  • Grumpy editor x anxious assistant
  • Enemies-to-lovers
  • Slow burn
  • Workplace romance
  • Power imbalance (handled with care)
  • Secret identity / hidden author twist
  • Professional jealousy meets creative admiration
  • Creative partnership romance
  • Emotional vulnerability
  • Career growth arc
  • He falls first (and hard)
  • "I was going to tell you" betrayal moment
  • Full-circle professional payoff epilogue

This is the second standalone novella in the He Falls First series: a grumpy/sunshine, slow-burn romantic comedy featuring a snake-loving STEM girl and the reclusive billionaire next door.

I’m just here to feed the snakes, not fall for the billionaire next door.

When I accept a week-long reptile-sitting gig in a mansion outside L.A., I expect peace, quiet, and maybe a few too many heat lamps.

I don’t expect him.

Eli Ward is reclusive, obscenely rich, and very much not a snake guy. He’s also tall, intense, unexpectedly kind—and the last person I should be thinking about when I’m supposed to be preparing for the biggest presentation of my life.

But between the late-night practice sessions, the shared slices of pizza, and the near-kisses that leave me reeling, I start to wonder if he's not as cold-blooded as he seems.

Because some things coil around your heart before you even know they’re there.And falling for someone like him?Might be the most terrifying thing of all.

Tropes:

  • He falls first
  • Grumpy/Sunshine Romance
  • Nerd Girl
  • STEM Girl Romance
  • Slow-burn tension
  • Herpetologist Heroine
  • Reptile Girl Romance
  • Snake Pet Romcom
  • Animal Lover Romance
  • Billionaire Neighbor Romance
  • Touches that mean way too much
  • Absolutely zero chill from the male main character
  • tropey romance novella
  • romcom with heart and heat
  • closed door romance with tension
  • short steamy slow burn
  • contemporary romance funny smart
  • romance novella with banter
  • smart heroines, smitten heroes
  • confident woman reluctant heroine
  • romantic comedy with depth

A short, sharp, emotionally satisfying romance where the hero’s already in love—and the heroine has no idea.

I teach men how to be the perfect boyfriend—for someone else.

As a professional plus-one, I’ve perfected the art of being charming, witty, and completely forgettable. I show up, dazzle board members and grandmothers alike, then disappear before anyone gets attached. It’s all business—a way to fund my real dream: a coaching program for romantically hopeless men who can’t figure out how to date like adults.

Rule number one? Never fall for a client.

Then comes Hayden Byrne. Wealthy, infuriatingly handsome, and entirely too perceptive, he hires me for an exclusive three-month contract that could launch everything I’ve been working toward. But from our first fake date, it’s clear: he doesn’t need coaching. He’s attentive, confident, maddeningly good at flirting…and somehow he's using all my tactics on me.

The longer we pretend, the more real it starts to feel. And when he looks at me, he doesn’t see the polished persona—I think he sees me.

But I’ve built a whole business on being the woman men thank in their wedding toasts, not the one they keep.

I never planned on becoming the woman he won’t let go.

Tropes:

  • He falls first
  • Fake relationship
  • Slow-burn tension
  • Dating coach heroine
  • Touches that mean way too much
  • Absolutely zero chill from the male main character