Just Kiss Already

Dr. Ben Song likes his life orderly, predictable, and blissfully private. By day, he's a forensic anthropologist running a controversial research project. By night, he's the anonymous author of a bestselling cozy mystery series. What he absolutely doesn't need? One viral moment turning him into the internet's new favorite grumpy heartthrob.

Lauren Wei has built her career in the spotlight—and paid for it. A former teen star turned serious filmmaker, she's determined to prove she's more than her past persona. With her first feature film about to premiere and a press tour that could make or break her future, she can't afford distractions. Especially not the brilliant, infuriating author whose book she adapted...and whose visibly unimpressed reaction to her movie just made him a viral meme.

When the studio forces Ben and Lauren to share the press circuit to capitalize on the moment, sparks fly. But between industry politics, public scrutiny, and a growing sense they might actually be perfectly imperfect for each other after all, their reluctant partnership soon turns into something far more complicated...