Author Description

Perfect Plans is a sharp, character-driven romantic comedy about finding connection in the unlikeliest of workplaces-where convention chaos meets mathematical precision. Ryan Porter was raised by marine biologists in a remote Arctic research station, where he learned to catalog whale migration and maintain a 43-foot distance from polar bears-and, as it turns out, people. Now a socially awkward data analyst in New York, Ryan lands a job at Perfect Plans, a boutique convention-planning firm that deals with everything from Abraham Lincoln impersonators to vampire cosplayers and dueling meteorologists. For Ryan, it's a living case study in human unpredictability-and the ultimate challenge to his love of structure, logic, and spreadsheets. Enter Sophie Chen: theater-kid turned senior coordinator, crisis manager, and human-emotion whisperer. To her, event planning is performance art, and Ryan's obsessive data tracking and taxonomic labeling of colleagues and clients alike is equal parts baffling and weirdly charming. She's all intuition; he's all algorithms. But when convention catastrophes start piling up-and a charming rival named Trevor begins sabotaging events-Ryan and Sophie must learn to combine forces, navigate their growing feelings, and survive clowns, axe-throwing outings, and one statistically ill-advised escape room. At its heart, Perfect Plans is a novel about opposites attracting, unlikely friendships, and what happens when people stop optimizing and start connecting. Warm, witty, and delightfully offbeat, it's a workplace comedy that celebrates neurodivergence, emotional messiness, and the beauty of finding order in the chaos-even if that order comes with rubber noses and clipboard duels. If you've ever wondered what would happen if The Rosie Project met The Office and crashed into a convention for paranormal romance librarians, Perfect Plans is the answer you didn't know you needed.