Lena Prescott has built her career on flawless detail. As one of the city’s top wedding planners, she lives on precision, control, and plans that never fall apart. Nothing shakes her until Jackson Hart steps in.

Jackson doesn’t buy into rituals or staged romance. But when his best friend ropes him into helping with the wedding, he ends up across the table from Lena, a woman who represents everything he resists: order, schedules, restraint. She’s exacting, he’s impulsive and every encounter between them sparks.

Meetings turn into arguments. Decisions become standoffs. Yet underneath the sharp words and late-night debates, attraction builds in ways neither expected. Glances stretch too long, tempers burn too hot, and the line between rivalry and desire begins to blur.

As the big day closes in, Lena and Jackson face something messier than missing rings or toppled flowers feelings they can’t manage with rules or bravado. When pride collides with passion, fire follows.

Will Lena risk the perfect life she’s built for a man who thrives on chaos?

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And as part of the Collide! series, this story joins a collection of fierce rivals who discover that desire always wins when sparks collide.

When passion collides with defiance, nothing stays untouched. Collide! gathers five standalone enemies-to-lovers romances where pride clashes hard and desire cuts even harder. From wedding aisles to boardrooms, from small-town bars to arenas buzzing with pressure, each story shows just how thin the line between love and hate can be.

Tempers flare, walls crack, and every fight edges toward something neither side can walk away from. Built on sharp banter, raw tension, and heat that refuses to cool, these romances deliver high-energy battles where losing might mean falling the hardest.

Five stories. Endless sparks. One question how long can enemies resist the pull?

Aria L. Donovan

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