The Neighbor Favor

Unaware that her lovely neighbor is the unknown writer she has been talking with, a bashful bookworm begs her charming friend to help her get a date in Kristina Forest's heartwarming romance.

Lily Greene is shy, bookish, and yes, awkward, but she's always felt small in comparison to the rest of her successful family, who all aim for Black perfection. Her goal is to work as an editor for children's books, but she has been enragedly trapped in the nonfiction sector for years with little chance of advancement. Lily takes solace in her emails with her favorite fantasy writer, and what starts out as a cautious relationship between two lonely people becomes into something more than Lily would probably ever allow herself to consider—until he ghosts her.

Months later, Lily looks for a date to her sister's wedding, still broken but determined to take control of her life. Nick Brown, her affable and gorgeous new neighbor, who she finds herself attracted to for unknown reasons, is the ideal person to assist her. She had no idea that Nick is one of her favorite fantasy writers.

Nick, who has his own motives for adopting a pen identity and shooing people away, quickly discovers that the serene, attractive lady across the hall is the same Lily that he fell in love with over email months before. Though this straightforward favor between two neighbors is everything but, he agrees to match her up with someone else because he doesn't want to further complicate their relationship—at least not when he can't stop thinking about her.