Aspen Creek Romance Novella · Book 2

Staged Hearts

Rivals to lovers · Standalone romance · Guaranteed HEA

She plans every detail. Her rival improvises everything. Now they’re trapped together—and sparks are flying.

Set designer Nic Meng and lighting director Andie Castellanos have been workplace rivals for three years: Nic’s meticulous blueprints against Andie’s spontaneous brilliance, structure against chaos.

Then their director quits days before opening night. Saving the Thanksgiving production means co-directing the show—and when the heating system fails, sharing one tiny, unheated workshop.

Late nights, creative friction, and one catastrophic rehearsal force them to trust each other completely. One desperate kiss in the dark changes everything.