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Peripheral Vision

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Romantic Comedy · New Adult · Slow Burn

Andy Pearce can't stop seeing Maddie Rodriguez - not on purpose, just always in the corner of his eye. She's everywhere: the café, the office, the park. He tells himself it's a coincidence. It's not.

Maddie swears she doesn't believe in "love at first sight," but somehow Andy keeps showing up - in her photos, her playlists, even her thoughts. When their near-misses turn into moments they can't ignore, both have to decide whether to stop pretending it's just a coincidence.

Because sometimes love doesn't start in focus.
Sometimes it sneaks in from the edges - until it's all you can see.All Rights Reserved

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Heart Lessons (WlW)

Sometimes the best lessons aren't learned in class, they're felt in the heart. Riley Hale's life runs on caffeine, chaos, and cupcake batter. At twenty-eight, she's mastered the art of single motherhood, sarcasm, and pretending she's totally fine that her love life has been replaced by late-night cleaning montages and her eight-year-old's existential questions. Then one morning, a frosty stranger in a perfect beige coat walks into The Sweet Spot bakery and straight into Riley's list of "people I will never impress." After one spilled coffee and a mortifying apology later, Riley is convinced she'll never see the woman again. Until the next day, when she meets her daughter's new fifth-grade teacher... Miss Emerson Miller. What follows is a year of accidental flirtations, school-event disasters, and late-night bake-offs that blur the line between enemies, friends, and something sweeter. Because sometimes love doesn't show up when you plan it - it spills all over your shoes and dares you to start over. A slow-burn, small-town romantic comedy about second chances, messy mornings, and discovering that the best lessons aren't always taught in classrooms.