Chloe Maxey

Claire Bennett has spent years dreaming about the life waiting for her when she finally moves to Manhattan. The job. The apartment. The chance to prove—to herself more than anyone else—that she can build exactly the life she wants.

And now, she's doing it.

There's just one problem: Noah Carter lives across the hall.

He's annoyingly attractive, impossible to rattle, and far too good at finding his way into Claire's life. His golden retriever, Biscuit, seems equally determined to claim her as his new favorite person, and before long, Noah is showing up with coffee, making sure she remembers to eat, and becoming the person she expects to find on the other side of her door.

Claire tells herself they're just neighbors. Then friends. Then she begrudgingly agrees to let him be her fake date to a work event.

It's one night. One favor. A completely harmless arrangement between two people who definitely aren't falling for each other.

What could possibly go wrong?