Romantic stories about people whose most important relationships begin after everyone else has gone home.
The atmosphere is the point: empty buildings, elevators, streetlights, hotel bars, hospitals, museums, quiet schools, coffee after midnight — and the conversations that happen when the rest of the world disappears.
“You’re still here?” Every night, the same question. Every night, a different answer.
Ryan Cole’s firm is renovating Emily Parker’s aging school — and much of the work has to happen at night. Emily frequently stays late preparing her classroom.
About the BookNobody realizes they’re falling in love, because almost nobody ever sees them together.
Noah Hayes performs several nights a week in the hotel lounge. Every night, he finishes playing around the same time Sophie Bennett finally finishes solving everyone else’s problems. One drink at an empty bar becomes their nightly ritual.
About the BookThen one night, he arrives at her emergency department as the patient.
Matt Delaney keeps bringing patients into Lauren Shaw’s emergency department. Their relationship develops in fragments: ambulance-bay conversations, vending-machine coffee, ten quiet minutes at 3:00 a.m., and occasional breakfasts after exhausting shifts.
About the BookA museum after closing, and two people it temporarily belongs to.
Preparing the largest exhibition in the museum’s history requires long nights together after closing. Their romance unfolds inside empty galleries and darkened corridors, surrounded by extraordinary works of art — in a museum that temporarily feels like it belongs only to them.
About the BookThey’ve worked together for years. Timing has never cooperated — until now.
Anna Mercer and Luke Brennan have worked together for years, but timing has never cooperated. A six-week documentary assignment finally keeps them in the same place long enough to confront what has always existed between them.
About the BookContemporary romances about accomplished people who discover that love doesn’t require giving up who they are. The right relationship makes them stronger, more human — and ultimately better together.
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