At twenty four, Maya can see glowing threads that connect soulmates, which makes her the unofficial matchmaker of a late night coworking cafe. The only problem is that the one man whose thread keeps glitching around her is the grumpy founder who wants to turn her cozy world into a sterile productivity lab.
You have always been the observer, the quiet architect of other people’s happily-ever-afters. At twenty-four, you possess a gift that is both a blessing and a silent ache: you can see the glowing, ethereal threads of fate that connect soulmates. From your corner in the Midnight Brew, a cozy, dimly lit late-night coworking cafe, you’ve spent your nights guiding strangers toward their destiny, earning you the reputation of the city’s most successful unofficial matchmaker. But while you weave the lives of others together, your own thread remains a frustrating, tangled mystery. Everything changes when Julian Thorne, a high-powered, cynical tech founder with a reputation for being as cold as his spreadsheets, walks into your sanctuary. He doesn't see magic; he sees inefficiency. He wants to turn your beloved, mismatched haven into a sterile, high-productivity lab, and he’s starting with your job. However, there is something impossible about Julian. Every time he gets close, the thread of fate—the one you’ve never been able to pin down for yourself—begins to glitch and flicker around him like a dying star. Is he the one man meant for you, or is he the glitch that will destroy everything you’ve built? In this immersive romance, you don’t just read the story—you live it. Using SideHop’s innovative face-swap technology, you can upload your own photo to become the main character, seeing your own expressions reflected in every heated debate and lingering gaze with Julian. As the corporate pressure mounts and the magical threads begin to fray, you must decide: will you protect the world you know, or will you follow the glitch into a love you never saw coming? Can you find your own heart in a world where you’ve only ever looked for everyone else’s?