Hollywood dreams, hidden scars, and a love worth the risk. ✨ Andrew moves to LA for a fresh start, but to pay the bills, he takes a role in a TV show where he meets Vincent Vickers, a charming comedian who might not be as carefree as he seems. A slow-burn coworkers-to-lovers romance filled with drama, mystery, and healing. Can Andrew build the life he wants while falling for someone so out of reach? 🏆 AWARDS & FEATURES: • Featured: @Romance [ Slow Burn Reading List ] 📖 PART OF THE WARNER PARK COLLECTION: All of my books can be enjoyed as standalones, but they're even more fun when read together. You'll spot recurring characters, inside jokes, and deeper connections that unfold across the series. Each collection follows a different couple in the same friends group-so the more you read, the more you'll feel at home. BOOK ONE: Warner Park (Andrew x Vince) BOOK TWO: The Bad Idea (Eli x Aubrey) 🖤 COMPLETED: If you love this book, you can buy a distraction-free version of it to keep on any e-reader library over at my shop: authormanderson.com/shop ⚠️ MATURE CONTENT: sexual details, physical altercations, emotional abuse/manipulation, addiction, depression, mental health, alcohol, language

One impulsive friendship, one bad idea, and feelings that won't go away. ✨ Eli convinces Aubrey to spend more time together-just as a distraction from their mutual bad luck in love. But when movie nights turn into something deeper, Eli falls hard, knowing Aubrey won't feel the same. Frenemies-to-lovers, banter, hurt/comfort, and a novella full of tension and longing. 📖 PART OF THE WARNER PARK COLLECTION: All of my books can be enjoyed as standalones, but they're even more fun when read together. You'll spot recurring characters, inside jokes, and deeper connections that unfold across the series. Each collection follows a different couple in the same friends group-so the more you read, the more you'll feel at home. BOOK ONE: Warner Park (Andrew x Vince) BOOK TWO: The Bad Idea (Eli x Aubrey) 🖤 COMPLETED: If you love this book, you can buy a distraction-free version of it to keep on any e-reader library over at my shop: authormanderson.com/shop ⚠️ MATURE CONTENT: sexual details, mentions of childhood parental abuse, a toxic best friend & emotional manipulation, drugs, alcohol, language

Snow, chaos, and coming home. A cozy MM holiday romance about an established love that survives the storm. AUBREY I just wanted one snow day. One lie about being sick, one drive out of L.A. before I cracked. But my boyfriend, Eli, shows up-because of course he does. Always determined to save me from myself. Between one snow-day mishap and the next, we stop pretending we're fine. Maybe loving someone forever isn't about running off together. Maybe it's about finally staying put. ELI He lies, skips work, and vanishes into the snow-covered mountains. My boyfriend, the drama queen. I should've stayed at the shop with Mike, but instead I follow him into a storm. Loving him means learning to stop fixing and start feeling, to let the mess exist and still call it ours. Perfect for readers who love: - MM holiday romance - Established couple - Small town vibe - Emotional gay love stories - Rom-com humor - Snowed-in with only one bed - Character driven LGBTQ+ fiction - Slow burn queer romance - Heartfelt MM spice 📖 PART OF THE WARNER PARK COLLECTION: This novel is part of the Warner Park Collection, a set of interconnected romances set in Los Angeles. Each book can be read as a standalone, but together they weave a larger story of friendship, found family, and love in all its forms. Warner Park - Andrew & Vincent (slow burn, strangers-to-lovers, Hollywood romance) The Bad Idea - Aubrey & Eli (frenemies-to-lovers, banter, hurt/comfort novella) Snow for the Holidays - Aubrey & Eli (established couple, reigniting spark, holiday hijinks novella) ⚠️ MATURE CONTENT