
Not-so-dark romance. Messy people. Questionable decisions. Happy endings.

Darren didn’t mean to kidnap her.
He just wanted to get to know her. Her favorite movie, her favorite snacks. You know—normal things.
So when she came home unexpectedly and knocked herself out cold, he did what any socially anxious romantic with boundary issues would do.
He panicked.Rose just wanted caffeine and a change.
Instead, she woke up in a stranger’s house with no idea how she got there—and the strangest day of her life just beginning.
Except Darren isn’t scary. He’s awkward. Honest. Weirdly considerate for a kidnapper.
And kind of… perfect?Everyone says this is a red flag.
She thinks it might be fate.A not-so-dark romantic comedy about accidental kidnapping, morally questionable love, and the bizarre ways we find our people.

Makenna Waters looks perfectly put together. Sharp. Successful. Completely in control.
But beneath the heels and practiced smiles, she’s chaos—reckless, restless, and one spark away from losing it all.Blaire Hastings has spent his life putting out fires.Calm. Steady. The kind of man who runs toward danger instead of away from it.
The last thing he needs is a woman who is the danger—especially one who makes him want to get burned.Everyone says they shouldn’t work. They might be right.But some matches are meant to ignite.A not-so-dark romantic comedy about smoke, sin, and the impossible chemistry between holding it together and finally letting go.

Allie Beth is a devoted mom, a sarcastic overthinker, and a romance author who writes emotionally damaged chaos gremlins falling in love—and somehow making it work. She spends most of her time with her hands full of everything life could throw at her, but when inspiration struck, she finally turned her lifelong love of books into something of her own.She writes not-so-dark romantic comedies with big feelings, bad decisions, and endings that always find their way to hope. She’s the kind of person who’d absolutely die in a zombie apocalypse because she’d stop to save a stranger, but she’d probably make you laugh on the way out.She writes for the weird, crazy, hopeless romantics who just want a little chaos with their love stories. You are her people.