The Love Plot by Samantha Young

Star Shine Meadows is all about freedom, thanks to the hippie parents who raised her. Juggling her jobs as a professional costume character actor and a line sitter, she believes in no expectations, no stressful ambitions, and no-strings-attached relationships. So when she meets a birthday girl’s grumpy uncle while working a princess party, she can’t help but needle him. She’ll never see him again, and honestly, he’s pretty hot. Rafe Whitman may be a veterinarian with a great bedside manner, but that doesn’t mean his patience extends to anyone with opposable thumbs. His family will not stop nagging him about finding “the one,” so… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Parental abandonment recounted
  • Infidelity recounted
  • Animal death mentioned

*Context : The protagonist’s ex-girlfriend cheated on him.