UPCOMING RELEASE
She believes in soulmates. He literally wrote a book called Players: How to Mingle and Stay Single. This should be fun.
Esme Adams used to be New York's go-to matchmaker—until her ex-fiancé was photographed kissing her male personal assistant and TikTok turned her heartbreak into entertainment. Three months later, she's living in her grandmother's guest room, avoiding social media, and seriously considering a career selling love charms on Etsy.
Then Esme is offered a lifeline: compete on a reality dating show, match five couples correctly, walk away with half a million dollars. Easy, right?
Wrong. Esme is over being in the spotlight, cameras make her anxious, and one more public failure could end her career for good. But she's desperate enough to try anyway.
The real problem? Her co-expert is Zack MacKenzie—former pro surfer, current pickup artist guru, and author of the very book that makes a mockery of everything she believes in. Six weeks. One beach house. Cameras everywhere. And stakes that could either save her career or destroy what's left of her reputation.
The plan: keep her head down, match the contestants, ignore Zack's infuriating smile.
The reality: secret alliances, stolen kisses in the moonlight, and the terrifying realization that the cocky player hiding behind all that charm might actually have a heart. And worse—he might be stealing hers.
The problem? She's afraid to trust her heart again. And he's never let anyone close enough to break his.
Available February 10, 2026
Meet Lyr
Hi! I'm Lyr, and I write contemporary romance because I'm a sucker for witty banter, emotional depth, and love stories that make you want to wallow in happily ever after.
I live in Oklahoma with three dogs (who are definitely the bosses), eleven axolotls (yes, really—they're adorable aquatic salamanders with face smiles), and one lizard who's seen things (he judges all of my life choices all day, every day). When I'm not writing, I'm acting, working out so I can justify my wine habit, or curled up watching rom-coms for "research."
My debut novel, Real Perfect, is about a matchmaker, a pickup artist, and what happens when you lock them in a beach house with cameras rolling. Think enemies-to-lovers meets reality TV chaos with a side of stolen moonlit kisses.
I believe in happily-ever-afters, the healing power of a good book, and the fact that wine pairs well with literally everything.
