The Lantern Quarter · Steamy Romantic Comedy

Cassie Meadows

Grumpy meets sunshine. Sparks meet gasoline. Everyone catches feelings.

“Sparks, banter, and very bad decisions.”

Sharp banter, forced proximity, and earned happy endings. Grumpy heroines and persistent sunshine heroes with thick romantic tension.

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Stranded & Starstruck

She builds walls to keep the chaos out. He climbs them for a living. A blizzard traps an uptight architect and a burnt-out adventure-TV host in a crumbling estate — with a survival-games contract on the line.

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Book 1

Ghosted & Found

She has a spreadsheet for everything. He's the one variable she couldn't calculate — the charming designer who vanished after the best first date of her life, now living directly above her and playing their song through the floorboards.

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Book 2

Catfished & Caught

Rule #1: if he looks too good to be true, he's a catfish. Rule #2: don't fall for him after you destroy his reputation. She exposed the dating app's most perfect user — her office rival — and now they're faking a relationship to save the merger.

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Book 3

Viral & Vowed

They broke up three years ago. They're about to have the fight of their lives — live in 4K. A Wedding Jinx planner and the charming ex who broke her heart become the internet's favorite will-they-won't-they.

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Book 4

Haunted & Held

She writes the nightmares. He fixes the reality. A slippery ladder drops a horror writer into the arms of the new building super — the death-wish-in-a-leather-jacket she ran from nine years ago, about to meet the eight-year-old behind the couch.

House Rules

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Baggage Claim

Harper Cho calculates everything. When a fast-talking bellhop loads her irreplaceable suitcase into the wrong Uber, her flawlessly planned weekend implodes into a chase through the French Quarter.

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Book 1

Do Not Disturb

She's invisible by design. He can't stop looking. A concierge who made invisibility an art form, a rock star who can't write an honest note, a strict no-fraternization policy, and a city that plays jazz at 2 AM.

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Book 2

Last Call

Celestine has run the best bar in the French Quarter for fifteen years. She doesn't know how to manage the documentary filmmaker who shows up with a camera and a six-week commission that's secretly a demolition order.

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