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Beta Test: Where Coffee, Code, and Chemistry Collide.
When perfectionist QA tester Brandon Mitchell discovers an anomaly in LoveByte's dating app algorithm—all his matches pointing to one coffee shop—he's determined to find the bug. Instead, he finds Tyler Hayes, a charismatic barista who creates masterpiece latte art and dreams of Broadway. As Brandon's careful analysis gives way to undeniable chemistry, he faces a critical is their connection a glitch in the system, or the most important feature he's ever tested? Set in the heart of Silicon Valley, this charming romance proves that sometimes the best code isn't the one you write, but the one that writes itself.
27 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 10, 2025
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November 8, 2025
“Because the thing about debugging is that sometimes what looks like an error is actually the system working exactly as it should. Sometimes the glitch is the feature.”
Set in Silicon Valley.
Brandon Mitchell is a QA tester for the LoveByte app. He is analytical and methodical.
Tyler is a barista at the Rainbow Bean Coffee Shop. He specializes in lattes with foam artwork. 🤩 (His lavender concoction sounds really good.)
Brandon loves Star Wars; he secretly writes fan fiction in his free time.
Tyler is an aspiring actor.
The Match Activity pings throughout the story are adorable…and sometimes quite funny.
His phone lit up one last time: *Match status: Permanently Paired.*
Their poems to each other are very cute.
Dates; getting closer.
Brandon continues working on his bug report as Tyler’s independent theatre work garners success.
Brandon helping Tyler to design the theatre’s website.
Tyler’s performance—ad libbing the lines for a certain someone.
Super sweet and basically insta…yet quite engaging. Digging this author. 👍🏻
On Tyler’s wrist was a bracelet Brandon had given him last week, engraved with a simple message in binary: “You are my favorite feature, not a bug.”
Set in Silicon Valley.
Brandon Mitchell is a QA tester for the LoveByte app. He is analytical and methodical.
Tyler is a barista at the Rainbow Bean Coffee Shop. He specializes in lattes with foam artwork. 🤩 (His lavender concoction sounds really good.)
Brandon loves Star Wars; he secretly writes fan fiction in his free time.
Tyler is an aspiring actor.
The Match Activity pings throughout the story are adorable…and sometimes quite funny.
His phone lit up one last time: *Match status: Permanently Paired.*
Their poems to each other are very cute.
Dates; getting closer.
Brandon continues working on his bug report as Tyler’s independent theatre work garners success.
Brandon helping Tyler to design the theatre’s website.
Tyler’s performance—ad libbing the lines for a certain someone.
Super sweet and basically insta…yet quite engaging. Digging this author. 👍🏻
On Tyler’s wrist was a bracelet Brandon had given him last week, engraved with a simple message in binary: “You are my favorite feature, not a bug.”
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