Changing Trajectory - Paperback

by Kay Hartley (Author)

Some love stories start with a meet-cute. This one started with a migraine, a bottle of water, and Finn Walker telling Alex Archer, to her face, that she's a real tight-ass.

He just didn't know it was her.

Studio founder and creative director Alex Archer has spent her entire life proving she's enough. She's white-knuckled her way to the top through sheer determination and unyielding control. But her ADHD diagnosis five years ago rewrote everything she thought she knew about herself, and now corporate betrayal and family pressure are threatening to finish the job.

Former Lieutenant Commander Finn Walker has lost everything that made him feel like himself. The Navy pilot is grounded after a crash that left him with PTSD, chronic migraines, and scars both visible and hidden. Everyone back in Wyoming assumes he'll return to marry his childhood sweetheart, but Finn doesn't know who he is without his wings.

Their solution? Fake date through the chaos. But forced proximity and unexpected honesty create something real. Because pretending to be together means they can finally stop pretending to be fine.

As Alex fights to save her studio and everyone inside it and Finn learns to navigate life without a flight plan, they discover the best love stories aren't just about falling-they're about building something worth fighting for together.

A cozy contemporary romance about two disasters learning that you can be both broken and whole, both limited and worthy, both struggling and absolutely enough.