The Publicity Plan

Sometimes the sweetest love stories begin by accident. Clara Bennett has built her life on plans, color-coded calendars, and rules, especially the rule that love is messy and best avoided. As a successful event planner, she knows exactly how things should look, even if her own heart feels a little empty. Ethan Moore believes life is meant to be savored, one moment and one latte at a time. As the owner of a cozy neighborhood café, he's perfectly content letting life unfold naturally, never rushing and never planning too far ahead. When a citywide romance-themed promotion accidentally pairs Clara and Ethan as the perfect couple, they agree to play along for the sake of business. It's only pretend. Just staged smiles, scripted dates, and carefully captured moments. But somewhere between shared coffees, late-night conversations, and a community rooting for their love story, pretending starts to feel a lot like the real thing. As the campaign comes to an end and real life comes calling, Clara and Ethan must decide if what they've found is just another temporary arrangement or the kind of love worth risking everything for.