Contemporary Romance

Perfect Strangers

by Steven

Not just a chance meeting, but the beginning of everything.

Sarah Bennett is a children's librarian who is kind to everyone and has stopped asking what she wants. Her boyfriend, Mark, is charming, successful and sure he knows what is best for her.

Then a broken-down car puts her in a garage waiting room next to Daniel Moore, a science teacher with a three-legged beagle and a gift for noticing things. They talk for an hour. Neither of them expects to see the other again.

Over one long year, two strangers become friends, then something harder to name. Daniel never tells her what to do. The only choice that matters has to be hers.

A story about slow love, small kindnesses, and learning to choose yourself first.

A slow-burn love story. Some talk of controlling relationships.

27 sections · about 97,000 words · about 7 hours to read