In the pressure-cooker world of elite event planning, Harper Quinn and Mason Steele have spent years circling the same clients and fighting for the same rooms. Rivals by reputation. Headaches by habit. When a sudden merger forces them to co-host the city's biggest Valentine's gala, the friction between them shifts into something sharper, harder to ignore.
Their meetings are all clipped words and pointed looks. Banter cuts close. Tension hums under every argument. Then a blizzard rolls in, shutters the city, and traps them overnight in an empty ballroom lights dimmed, chairs stacked, snow ticking against the tall windows. With nowhere to retreat, the walls come down.
One night changes the rules. Not cleanly. Not safely. And just as something real starts to take shape, a professional betrayal cracks the fragile ground beneath them.
With the gala days away and their careers tangled together, Harper and Mason have a choice to make: turn conflict into trust, or let ambition take everything with it.
When rivalry turns personal, what's left to lose?
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Part of the steamy Cupid's Arrow contemporary romance series where love always finds its target.
In the Cupid's Arrow series, love doesn't announce itself. It shows up fast, messy, and right on time. One minute it's a snowed-in gala with wet coats by the door, the next it's a fake date that starts to feel real. These contemporary romances follow strong-willed women and confident men who clash, tease, and circle each other before giving in. Billionaires with too much control. Athletes used to winning. Firefighters, bosses, and men who don't like being challenged. The tension builds in quiet looks, late nights, and conversations that linger longer than planned.
Each standalone story unfolds over one charged Valentine's season, where attraction grows, lines blur, and choices carry weight. There's heat, sharp banter, and moments that linger long after the door closes. Every story ends with a hard-earned happy ending and a love that feels chosen, not handed out.
What happens when the arrow hits and nobody ducks?
