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Where dreams really can come true...
...but not always in the way you thought.
Meet the Cast
Independent, anxious, owns Blissful Bites, best friend of Julie Sanchez, loyal, and afraid to fall in love with Jack (again)
Obsessed with Chloe, logger/lumberjack, protective, loyal, divorced
Fierce, hot-headed, best friend of Chlose, bartender/mixologist, afraid to fall in love, tragic love history
Owner of Midnight Society, extremely protective, possessive, chef, wants Julie to be his queen
Supporting Cast
Chloe's boyfriend, aloof, charming, supportive
Jack's boss, supportive, kind, caring
Jack's coworker, young, playboy
Teller at Central Bank, promiscuous but looking for love
Regular customer of Blissful Bites, meddling grandma, romantic, likes to crochet
Owner of Sweet 69, Julie's fling, flirtatious, rides a motorcycle, bartender
Julie's twin brothers, mischievous, funny, smart, tech gurus
Julie's mom, loves shoes, works at Mariposa with her husband Ecuardo, supportive, loving
Julie's younger sister, aspiring chef, supportive, wise, tell-it-how-it-is
Julie's father, owner of Mariposa, loving, king, supportive
Bottle girl and bartender at Midnight Society, flighty, nervous, doesn't like cooking
Bartender at Midnight Society, funny, charming, creative
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Sweet Dreams, Lover Boy
Jack Anderson has tried to move on. He really has. He even got married. Once. But he can't get Chloe out of his head. When a drunken night out with friends ends up with him booking a hotel in Brantley, will he pursue his first love or will he let her slip through his fingers once again?
Chloe Arlo's biggest dream is to own her own bakery. She doesn't have time for love. She's given it a shot twice and fallen hard, only to be left broken. So she moved to Brantley to have a fresh start. She has a boyfriend, but she doesn't love him. When the past comes calling, will she allow herself to open her heart again? Or will she keep that door shut and locked?
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Trigger Warnings: open-door scenes, cheating by side characters and FMC in past, grief, gun violence (not by MCs), physical violence (not by MCs), anxiety rep, mention of abuse of a minor (not described, not by MMC), threat to life (not by MCs)
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Second chance, he falls harder, he's obsessed with her, she's afraid to love him again, high school sweethearts, secret society, mental health rep, found family
Dream On, Boss Man
Julie has fallen in love several times, but each time she does, something bad happens. She has instead thrown herself into learning to be a mixologist, her dream career. But when every bar and lounge in town doesn't want her creativity, will she apply for a job at the one place she doesn't want to work at? Or will she allow superstition to hold her back?
Ruben is a creative chef who owns his own bar: the Midnight Society. He bought it to keep it from turning into a slum bar, knowing his queen wouldn't want the memories from the place to be tarnished. Now all he needs is his queen to admit that she is in love with him. He just needs to figure out how... and when the darkness of Brantley begins to raise its ugly head, how can he keep her safe?
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Trigger Warnings: death, grief, violence, threats, open-door scenes
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Workplace romance, he falls first and harder, she's afraid to fall in love, she has a tragic love past, secret society, bar/club vibes, family support system, found family, touch her and die, she's his employee, employee x boss, fuck it moment, you're mine, Latin-American rep, mental health rep, good food