The Room Between Dreams

Maya Sterling had everything figured out. A brilliant legal career, a fiancé from the right family, a wedding planned at the Plaza. Then she found her future crumbling and discovered she didn't care. Instead of facing her shattered engagement, she bought a one-way ticket to Tokyo and disappeared. She's been in Japan for exactly three weeks when she stands at her apartment window on a rainy night and glimpses a figure across the darkness. Across the city, Ichiro Nakamura sees her too—and something in that moment of recognition feels inevitable, like finding something you didn't know you'd lost. As CEO of Sakura Technologies and a man who once defied his family legacy to build his own empire, Ichiro understands what it means to run toward something instead of away from it. When Maya becomes his lawyer on a high-stakes international patent case, their professional relationship ignites with undeniable chemistry. But beneath their intellectual connection lies something deeper—the recognition of two people caught between worlds, searching for a place to belong. As they navigate cultural differences, family expectations, and the terrifying possibility of real love, Maya learns that sometimes getting lost is the only way to find yourself. And sometimes the person waiting in the space between your old life and your new one is worth staying for. The Room Between Dreams is a contemporary romance about second chances, choosing yourself, and discovering that home isn't a place—it's the person who sees you across the darkness and chooses to stay.