What do you think?
Rate this book
The Author Next Door
Bestselling mystery author Vivienne Sterling knows how to solve any puzzle—except the infuriating man writing textbooks at her favorite café. But when a spilled coffee reveals that the alluring stranger is actually "Evelyn Rose," the most celebrated romance author in the country, Viv discovers some mysteries aren't meant to be solved alone.
Ethan Hayes has spent years hiding behind his female pen name, crafting love stories to escape his past. But when his carefully constructed world collides with a too-perceptive mystery writer, he finds himself facing his greatest being truly seen.
As their professional lives intertwine and personal walls crumble, Viv and Ethan must decide if protecting their secrets is worth losing their chance at something real.
Sometimes the best love stories aren't the ones you write, but the ones you live.
Ethan Hayes has spent years hiding behind his female pen name, crafting love stories to escape his past. But when his carefully constructed world collides with a too-perceptive mystery writer, he finds himself facing his greatest being truly seen.
As their professional lives intertwine and personal walls crumble, Viv and Ethan must decide if protecting their secrets is worth losing their chance at something real.
Sometimes the best love stories aren't the ones you write, but the ones you live.
182 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 15, 2025
25 people are currently reading
57 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
June 29, 2025
Did AI Write this?
Oh. My god. Entire sections repeated themselves. People got upset for literally no reason. It's like AI wrote it, but no one read through it before publishing. It should have ended at the halfway mark. This thing is bloated with redundancy and could be reduced by a third from that alone.
Oh. My god. Entire sections repeated themselves. People got upset for literally no reason. It's like AI wrote it, but no one read through it before publishing. It should have ended at the halfway mark. This thing is bloated with redundancy and could be reduced by a third from that alone.
May 29, 2025
I really did not enjoy this one. It was very repetitive and slow. I didn’t feel like I fully understood what was happening a lot of the time and the comparisons of real life to novels got very boring after a while.
May 27, 2025
This was a sweet story of Viv and Ethan reminds me of the one i read before this but swapped. Ethan has a severe anxiety and hates speaking to large groups of people. While Viv is supportive one taking care of Ethan
PG book that anyone can read as it goes no further than hand holding!
- standalone
though I would have hoped that there was a bit more on why he was just up and ready to uproot his entire life because of the media.
Which i guess would make sense but it felt more of a trauma experience that was never explained.
Still i believe it was a cute story and would say anyone wanting a sweet standalone work romance novel that will DEFINITELY make you chuckle this is it.
PG book that anyone can read as it goes no further than hand holding!
- standalone
though I would have hoped that there was a bit more on why he was just up and ready to uproot his entire life because of the media.
Which i guess would make sense but it felt more of a trauma experience that was never explained.
Still i believe it was a cute story and would say anyone wanting a sweet standalone work romance novel that will DEFINITELY make you chuckle this is it.
May 6, 2025
Mystery Writer Blends With Romance Writer
This was a cute story. Despite the cliches and metaphors and repetitive phrases, it took twists and turns unexpected. Kept me reading.
This was a cute story. Despite the cliches and metaphors and repetitive phrases, it took twists and turns unexpected. Kept me reading.
May 29, 2025
Cute!
A very cute read. Has some surprising twists in it. A fun, clean, modern romance that you will want to add to your collection.
A very cute read. Has some surprising twists in it. A fun, clean, modern romance that you will want to add to your collection.
October 11, 2025
At first this story seemed really sweet. But I kept thinking to myself, didn’t I just read this? I thought that several times throughout the book. The specific details catalogued about the characters also repeated themselves.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews