All That Glitters

She writes safe romances. He writes campy horror. Together, they just might create the perfect love story – if they don’t kill each other first.

Daisy Fields has her life color-coded, organized, and mapped out, including her dream of becoming a published romance novelist. There’s just one tiny problem: her heroes are about as exciting as unsalted crackers. Enter Chad McKenzie, a man-child who writes campy horror novels. Chad’s idea of romance is zombies chasing bikini-clad heroines through graveyards. When their quirky writers’ group announces a high-stakes romance writing contest with a publishing deal as the prize, Daisy can’t resist: she...

She writes safe romances. He writes campy horror. Together, they just might create the perfect love story – if they don’t kill each other first.

Daisy Fields has her life color-coded, organized, and mapped out, including her dream of becoming a published romance novelist. There’s just one tiny problem: her heroes are about as exciting as unsalted crackers. Enter Chad McKenzie, a man-child who writes campy horror novels. Chad’s idea of romance is zombies chasing bikini-clad heroines through graveyards. When their quirky writers’ group announces a high-stakes romance writing contest with a publishing deal as the prize, Daisy can’t resist: she bets Chad he couldn’t write a decent love story if his life depended on it. Chads accepts the bet and doubles down, betting that his novel will beat hers. To their mutual horror, they’re paired as writing partners. What follows is a hilarious clash of chaos versus control, featuring pink laundry pranks, library bans, Hallmark movie marathons, and ‘research’ at dive bars. But somewhere between teaching Chad about meet-cutes and learning that swamp monsters don’t belong in kissing scenes, the bickering transforms into banter. And their fictional characters start looking suspiciously like each other.

As the deadline looms and real feelings emerge, Daisy and Chad must decide: can two people who can’t agree on anything actually write their own happily ever after?