THE CASE FOR FALLING

She's spent years building the perfect future. Falling in love was never part of the plan.

Mira Callahan has exactly zero room in her life for romance. Her PhD program is relentless, her nonprofit job is demanding, and she's convinced that hard work is the key to building a meaningful life.

Adrian Whitman has other priorities. Climbing. Music. Helping his mom. Maybe remembering to do laundry. He's built a life around doing what he loves instead of chasing someone else's definition of success.

When repeated chance encounters push Mira and Adrian into a cautious friendship, their connection quickly grows into something neither can control. The laid-back climber is the one person who makes Mira forget about deadlines, and the driven PhD student has Adrian imagining a future he never expected to want.

As ambition, family obligations, and hard choices pull them in different directions, they must decide whether love is just another distraction... or whether it's worth rewriting everything they thought their futures were supposed to be.

A slow-burn, open door contemporary romance featuring forced proximity, found family, witty banter, rock climbing, graduate school chaos, and enough romantic tension to keep you turning pages long past bedtime.