Read the full story on Tapas. Same name, same authors. -- Ava Serran has always preferred fiction to reality-especially the kind she writes under a pseudonym on her blog. By day, she works quietly at a used bookstore, tending to dusty shelves and politely smiling through customer small talk. But her true joy lies in spinning out smutty, wildly imaginative stories starring the handsome stranger who passes by the window every afternoon like clockwork. Sometimes he's a brooding mafia boss with a secret heart of gold. Other times, a cursed prince in need of true love's kiss. A disgraced rockstar. A morally gray vampire. A billionaire CEO offering a fake marriage contract. Ava has written him into every trope she can think of, and in every one, he always chooses her. It's all harmless fun until the bell above the bookstore door rings, and her muse walks in. Now face-to-face with the man she's turned into a thousand fantasies, Ava must navigate the fine line between fiction and reality. -- Co-Written by @dicentraf90.bsky.social Cover Art by @aalisblue