Downloading Accidentally Co-Parenting a Dog

Mara Collins plans her life the way she plans her workdays: precise, controlled, surprise-free. A demanding corporate consultant, she leaves no room for chaos, complications, or emotional risks. Jess Rivera moves to a different beat. As an animal rescuer, she trusts patience, honesty, and the occasional leap into the unknown.
Their paths cross because of a clerical mistake.
An adoption center assigns both women ownership of the same stubborn, high-energy dog. Neither will step aside. Stuck in an awkward shared arrangement, Mara and Jess juggle schedules, argue over routines, and learn to coexist for a dog who refuses to pick a favorite.
Shared walks turn into daily rituals. Irritation softens. Understanding takes its place. Beneath the missed handoffs and muddy paw prints, something else forms. Jess looks past Mara’s polished control and notices the fear under it. Mara begins to see how control kept her safe and quietly alone.
The dog becomes more than a responsibility. He’s a mirror, reflecting what each woman is afraid to want and unwilling to lose.
With the adoption deadline closing in, they must decide what they’re willing to commit to. Is this partnership a short-term fix, or the start of something unplanned?
Sometimes love shows up quietly and asks one thing: stay.
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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.