Emma Collins was supposed to be on her honeymoon. Instead, she’s alone in Paris—freshly heartbroken, furious, and determined to turn the worst week of her life into something survivable.
Jason Hawthorne is in Paris for a different kind of goodbye. He’s not looking for distraction, connection, or anything that might crack open the carefully rebuilt life he’s been holding together.
Then a sharp-tongued American with a sketchbook collides with a man who’s forgotten how to want anything for himself.
What starts as a one-week escape becomes late-night walks, stolen kisses, inside jokes, and the kind of chemistry that makes logic feel completely irrelevant.
Emma calls it vacation brain—a beautiful, temporary illusion created by heartbreak, Paris, and timing.
Jason knows better.
And when he finally says so out loud, Emma panics… leaving them both wondering if something real can survive outside the magic of the city where it started.