Edited by Love

He hid who he really was for four months. Now he's her next-door neighbor. Then this happened. She edits stories for a living, stays in her lane, keeps her routines neat, and avoids anything that feels chaotic-including most people. Her life is small by choice, calm by habit, and safe because she has learned that safety is easier than heartbreak. But every night, she talks to someone online who makes her laugh too loudly, think too deeply, and feel far too much.
Someone she trusts without knowing why. Someone who feels close, even though she has no idea who he really is. He is a hitmaker trying to disappear for a while, a man the world knows but never truly sees, a man who has spent years pretending he's fine. He needs a quiet place to breathe again, a place where no one knows his past or his name. So he moves into a simple house with a simple garden and a simple plan: stay silent, stay low, stay out of trouble.
But trouble arrives wearing soft pajamas, edits manuscripts at odd hours, and lives right on the other side of his new hedge. She knows him as the stranger who sends late-night messages that feel honest. He knows her as the woman next door who has no idea she has been talking to him for months. When a small accident breaks the wall-literally-they are forced into each other's real lives, where sparks fly at the wrong time, boundaries blur without warning, and the truth sits unspoken between them, growing heavier every day.
She feels drawn to the man next door who shouldn't be her type. He tries to stay away from the girl who shouldn't matter this much. But staying away becomes impossible when their worlds keep colliding. And when she starts falling for him in person at the same time she falls for him online, he realizes he has one last chance to tell her the truth. or lose her in both worlds. A slow-burn, next-door romance full of warm nights, sharp banter, soft secrets, and the kind of chemistry that sneaks up on you, this book asks:What happens when the person you trust the most behind a screen is the one you're scared to fall for in real life? And what do you do when love feels both impossible.
and inevitable?Perfect for readers who love emotional intimacy, gentle tension, messy timing, and characters who find each other long before they understand what that means.