ALONG CAME ALICE

Shes pretending to be someone shes not. Hes pretending he doesnt care. What could possibly go wrong?

Alice is sunshine in human form—easy-going, cheerful, and always exactly who people need her to be. The real Alice? She keeps her tucked safely out of sight. Because if theres one thing her dating history has taught her, its this: being herself doesnt get you chosen.

Owen Shea doesnt do people. The grumpy Irish designer at Kitchen City prefers silence, spreadsheets, and his sausage dog, Paul, to office chatter or emotional entanglements. Love? Absolutely not on the menu.

So when Alice needs a date to a wedding she dreads attending alone, she comes up with a foolproof plan: fake a boyfriend. Owen seems like the perfect candidate—especially after she overhears him talking about "sharing a bed with Paul" and assumes hes safely, completely unavailable.

Owen agrees for reasons he doesnt fully understand.

Theres just one problem: Paul is a dog. And Owen isnt nearly as unavailable as Alice thinks.

What starts as a simple arrangement—Operation Wedding—quickly spirals into shared secrets, unexpected comfort, and chemistry neither of them planned for. As Alice begins to risk showing her real self, Owen must face the past hes been hiding from… and decide whether hes brave enough to want something real.

A warm, witty romantic comedy featuring grumpy/sunshine chaos, fake dating mishaps, workplace banter, and beautifully messy, neurodiverse characters—Along Came Alice is about letting your guard down, telling the truth, and discovering that love might just be worth the risk.