Overview

Thin walls. Opposite schedules. One mistake that changes everything.
Maya Chen is an ICU nurse who lives by night shifts and strict routines. Quiet mornings keep her steady. Sleep is nonnegotiable, and so is emotional distance. After a brutal shift, the last thing she can handle is noise leaking through the wall at three a.m.
Rowan Ellis works nights for a different reason. She’s a freelance audiobook narrator, fueled by late hours, creative focus, and controlled chaos. She never meant to bother anyone, least of all the exhausted neighbor she’s never met.
One handwritten note starts it. A complaint becomes an apology. The apology turns into conversation. Soon, Maya and Rowan are threaded into each other’s days through shared elevators, half-open doors, and moments that land heavier than either expects. The hum of the building. A mug cooling on the counter.
Comfort can be as unsettling as conflict.
As routines deepen and boundaries thin, both women have to face what it means to make room for someone else without disappearing themselves. When silence starts to feel lonelier than noise, they must decide if connection is worth rearranging the lives they’ve worked so hard to protect.
When love won’t stay quiet, do you listen or shut the door?
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Part of the Ordinary Days Romance series, where modern women find unexpected love in the moments they never planned for.
Ordinary Days Romance is a contemporary, clean lesbian FF romcom series about love that arrives quietly and rearranges everything. These stories live in everyday spaces: bakeries before sunrise, thin apartment walls, crowded events, shared responsibilities, and teamwork that sneaks up on you. Each standalone novel follows two women who aren’t looking for romance, only to run into it through timing, choices, and small moments that keep stacking up. Warm and playful, the books balance humor with tenderness and deliver an unmistakable happily-ever-after because even ordinary days can surprise you.
Sometimes love doesn’t knock. It just moves in.