Connected By Chance

Eli Whitmore is seventeen, dramatic, and about one bad decision away from giving his granny a stroke. When he waltzes into Miss Wanda's beauty parlor fanning himself like the Southern belle he swears he ain't, he drops a bombshell bigger than the church gossip after Sunday service: he's fallen in love. And not just with anybody. No, no. Eli's heart has up and packed its bags for Azerbaijan.

Now, Miss Wanda, Miss Loretta, and Miss Darlene: the holy trinity of small-town wisdom: ain't about to let him go headfirst into foolishness without some interrogation. Over sweet tea and perms strong enough to take the paint off a tractor, they demand answers: Who is this boy? Where even is Azerbaijan? And for the love of cornbread, why does Eli insist on finding romance in the most geographically inconvenient places possible?

Full of sass, Southern charm, and enough dramatics to make a soap opera blush, Connected by Chance is a heartwarming tale of love, long-distance ridiculousness, and the undeniable power of small-town beauty shop wisdom.