When Helen was a teenager, her younger sister died by suicide. The driver of the car that hit her was Grant Shepard, Helen's classmate and town golden boy. Her family has never forgiven him, and Helen hasn't seen him in 13 years. When her popular YA novel is adapted into a new television show, she is shocked to find Grant in the writers' room with her. Grant knows that working with Helen will be tough, but he's doing his best to manage his panic attacks since the accident, and this is an opportunity he needs. The two have always been different, but can they come together for the sake of the project--and will they find that sparks fly when they do?

Kuang hit all the right notes in what I like in a romance novel, with a similar approach to Abby Jimenez in taking heavy and emotional storylines and infusing romance and a bit of humor (the heavy topics veered this away from rom-com territory, but there was levity). The writers' room setting added an interesting forced proximity element, with added professional tension and vibrant side characters. I'm looking forward to more from her. (And as an interesting aside, Yulin Kuang is the adapting screenwriter for Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation and the write/director of Henry's Beach Read. So she knows both romance and screenwriting well!)