A crossover fanfiction of Life with Father (1974) and Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) which starred William Powell as Clarence Day and Myrna Loy as Anne Gilbreth in respective films. -- New York, 1908. When practical and brilliant Anne Gilbreth meets outspoken businessman Clarence Day at a dinner party, neither expects to find a soulmate in the one person capable of challenging them at every turn. Clarence Day is certain he understands how a household ought to be run. Anne Gilbreth quietly proves otherwise. After a whirlwind courtship built on debate, admiration, and mutual exasperation, they marry and begin building a life together. Clarence expects a respectable family. Anne has larger plans. Much larger. Over the next three decades, their household grows into a magnificent circus of twelve children, servants, pets, relatives, family councils, efficiency experiments, school disasters, summer vacations, medical emergencies, and daily battles over who truly governs the family. The answer is obvious to everyone except Clarence. As the children grow, the Day-Gilbreth household becomes legendary. Every attempt at order ends in chaos. Every family vote ends with Clarence outnumbered. Every argument somehow strengthens the marriage at the center of it all. Yet beneath the laughter lies a deeper story. As the children leave home and begin lives of their own, Clarence and Anne must confront the passing of time, the changing shape of family, and one unfinished question that has followed them throughout their marriage. After forty years of love, twelve children, countless disagreements, and a lifetime of partnership, Clarence Day finally discovers that some battles are worth surrendering-not because one has been defeated, but because love has always been the point.

When high-society detectives Nick and Nora Charles are hired to bust a con artist who only preys on miserable, wealthy divorcees, they must go undercover at a luxury resort as a toxic couple on the brink of divorce. The only problem? They are entirely incapable of hiding how wildly in love they are. --- Tasked by a wealthy widow to expose a predator targeting vulnerable singles, Nick and Nora check into a luxury resort under the guise of an impending separation. From the jump, their "feuding" is a disaster; their public arguments sound like flirtatious banter, and their individual complaints to hotel guests inadvertently sound like glowing compliments. As the con artist watches them closely, the duo attempts to escalate the ruse by taking separate suites and attempting to spark jealousy with other guests.

A oneshot compilation of scraps from my other book [A Week with The Parkes] that I did not get to insert into the story so here it is. Enjoy!

~The Domestication of Godfrey Parke~ Fandom: My Man Godfrey (Eric Hatch Novel Universe) The chase is finally over, the marriage has begun, and Godfrey Parke is about to face his most daunting job description yet: becoming a husband to Irene. Following their whirlwind reunion on the island of Palda, Godfrey and Irene Parke board a New York-bound steamer as newlyweds. For Godfrey-a man who survived prison, poverty, and the chaotic whim of the Bullock household-the quiet waters of matrimony should be a breeze. But as Irene changes her mind about their future house fifteen times in one afternoon, attempts to cook a disastrous "thank you" breakfast in bed, and tackles the art of housekeeping with terrifying literalness, Godfrey realizes that being a husband is a beautifully chaotic full-time job. Escaping the watchful, skeptical eye of their tag-along friend Pete, the newlyweds navigate rough tropical storms and the even rougher waters of finding an apartment in New York that doesn't feel like a Bullock estate. As they await the return of Alexander Bullock from his improbable island-banking venture, Godfrey slowly sheds the armor of his past loneliness. A witty, warm, and chaotic fanfiction continuation of Eric Hatch's classic novel, exploring what happens after the happily-ever-after, and how two completely opposite people find a place to call home.

The Bullocks were chaotic because nobody in that house ever listened to one another. The Parkes are chaotic because everyone loves each other entirely too much. Ten years after a whirlwind romance pulled Godfrey Parke out of a forgotten existence, the walls of his Gramercy Park brownstone are loud with a brand-new kind of madness. A Week with the Parkes follows Godfrey and Irene over the course of seven ordinary, chaotic days as they navigate the beautiful, fast-paced reality of raising three distinctively eccentric children, managing the eccentricities of the returning Bullock clan, and fiercely maintaining the romantic spark that saved them both a decade prior. Young Godfrey was a man who tightly guarded his heart because he was terrified that happiness was a luxury meant for other people. Ten years later, he is a man transformed by belonging. Through small, automatic gestures-a hand resting at Irene's back, stealing kisses in crowded rooms, and laughing through domestic disasters-Godfrey lives inside the future he never thought he'd survive to see.

Lilly's and Mr Ambrose's first anniversary has come! Surely, Mr Ambrose won't forget...right? A celebratory story for the occasion of reaching 1 Million fans on Wattpad! ...and also a celebration of my fan numbers being cut in half after Wattpad deleted half a million old accounts. Huzzah! ;-)