The Snuggle Is Real

I plan weddings for a living. I do not attend them as a guest. But when my best friend Malcolm Lennox needs a date for his brother’s fall wedding in Wanted, Kentucky, I don’t have a choice. We made a pact years ago—if either of us ever needed a plus-one, the other would show up. No questions. No complications.

It’s supposed to be simple. One weekend. Zero feelings. Except nothing about Malcolm has ever been simple. Not when he looks at me like I’m more than just his friend. Not when a hotel mix-up leaves us sharing one bed. And definitely not when every slow dance, every lingering touch, starts to feel a little too real.

Now we’re stuck in the middle of a picture-perfect fall wedding, surrounded by bourbon, bonfires, and a family who knows exactly how to meddle. And Malcolm? He’s looking at me like this was never just a pact.

I told myself I could do one weekend without risking the one person I can’t afford to lose. But somewhere between pretending to be his… and realizing I might already be his—I’m starting to think the real mistake wasn’t saying yes. It was believing I wouldn’t fall for him.

THE SNUGGLE IS REAL is a small-town fall rom-com novella featuring a cinnamon roll hero, a wedding planner who is very much over weddings, apple-versus-pumpkin spice wars, and one night that changes everything.