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Debug My Heart: A Romance of Respect and Code
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 14 2026
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Alice Chen has devoted seven years to building CodeBridge, a nonprofit teaching coding and digital literacy in underserved communities. When her funding dries up and a crucial contact ghosts her, she makes a desperate move: crashing the TechForward Summit to find potential donors!
Charles Charlie Okonkwo is a Nigerian-born tech billionaire who made his fortune ethically and now runs EthicalAI Solutions. When he catches Maya sampling appetizers and she boldly critiques his keynote speech, he's intrigued! He invites her to chat over coffee.
What begins as professional curiosity quickly becomes something deeper. But Alice is wary of the massive power imbalance between them. She's determined to maintain her independence and prove that CodeBridge's success is hers, not a result of dating a billionaire. Charlie, meanwhile, is learning to use his privilege responsibly, to support without controlling, and to understand that love means respecting boundaries, not solving problems.
Through honest conversations, awkward boundary negotiations, and genuine partnership, they build a relationship that defies typical romance tropes. Alice doesn't give up her career or identity, and Charlie never rescues her. Instead, they navigate complex power dynamics, cultural differences, professional complications, and public scrutiny to create something rare: an equal partnership between two ambitious people who make each other better.
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