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The Wrong Plus-One
Paperback
Series: Maybe, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 18 2025
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Harper Leigh only needs a plus-one.
Not a date. Not a boyfriend. Just someone safe enough to help her survive a wedding full of couples, questions, and far too much attention.
So she asks Ethan Reyes.
He's her neighbor, a pediatric nurse, and the man who once stayed calm beside her for forty minutes when their apartment elevator broke. He listens without pushing, notices when she's overwhelmed, and somehow makes Harper feel like she doesn't have to pretend she's fine.
Ethan agrees to the wedding-with clear boundaries and no expectations.
Simple.
Except preparing for one night together turns into coffee, dinner, cinnamon knots, ice cream, carefully negotiated exit plans, and a growing collection of sessions that feel suspiciously like dates. The more time Harper spends with Ethan, the harder it becomes to believe he's just the safe choice.
Because Ethan doesn't try to fix her anxiety. He gives her room to be honest about it. And when something becomes too much, he asks what she needs instead of deciding for her.
Soon Harper is facing a problem no amount of overthinking can solve:
What if the person she chose because he felt safe is also the person worth taking a risk on?
The Wrong Plus-One is a warm, funny, slow-burn romantic comedy about anxiety, boundaries, neighbors-to-lovers chemistry, emotional safety, and discovering that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is let something good stay.
Book 1 of the Maybe Series.
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