The Enemies-to-Lovers Romance Book that Almost No One Saw

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Sometimes the stories that mean the most to us arrive in the middle of chaos. Sometime Around Midnight started with something simple, a handful of ridiculous, real-life moments that made me laugh so hard I had to write them down. Some of Darci’s most humiliating moments are… unfortunately… based on real events. Writing them felt like therapy with better dialogue.

But as the story grew, so did its heart.

Darci and Alex slowly became two people who were very good at pretending they didn’t need anyone. Beneath the humor and the snark and the hallway skirmishes, this story turned into something about grief, loneliness, and that quiet ache of wondering if you’re lovable enough for someone to stay.

If you read Trouble of the Most Wonderful Kind, you saw Darci as the comedic sidekick, best friend who was always in a dating disaster. She gives off manic pixie dream girl vibes, but underneath it all, she really thinks she’s just destined to stand on the sidelines while everyone else finds love. So she’s finally just given up and trying to get used to just being alone. Until… she meets Alex at the apartment dumpsters in the middle of a crashout from a furniture disaster.

Alex is not looking for love. He gave that up years ago. He carries the loss of his wife and child, a part of the story that came from a deeply personal place for me. Years ago, I almost died giving birth to my youngest child. That experience changed the way I think about love, family, and the fragile threads that hold our lives together. Writing Alex’s grief came from that place, the place where love and fear exist in the same breath.

Because of that, this book became my favorite one to write in the series.

And then life did what life does.

I released Sometime Around Midnight during one of the hardest seasons of my life, right in the middle of my stem cell transplant last summer. Between hospital visits, recovery, and just trying to get through each day, this book never really got the marketing love I was able to give the others.

Which means a lot of readers never discovered it.

But the readers who did find it? They’ve sent the most incredible messages and reviews. The kind that make you sit quietly for a minute and remember why stories matter.

Seeing readers connect with Darci and Alex, laughing at their chaos, crying with them through their healing, has been one of the most meaningful parts of this journey.

If you haven’t met them yet, I’d love for you to.

You can find Sometime Around Midnight now on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited, and if you’re local, you can grab a signed copy from me this weekend in two different places:

📚 Friday, March 6 | 4–6 PM
Neighbor Books
McKinney, TX

This book signing is part of a weekend-long Bookstore Crawl that includes a Bingo game with prizes like gift cards and more! Learn more here –> The Chapter After

📚 Saturday & Sunday
Rewritten Book Festival
The HUB
Allen, TX

Come say hi, grab a free bookmark and tarot reading, and let me sign your copy. I’d love to meet you in person.

And if this book ends up making you laugh a little and cry a little before putting your heart back together…

Then it did exactly what I hoped it would.

The Enchanted Hearts Collection is a series of standalones that will each rip your heart out and stitch it back together with a happily ever after.

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