Hot Mess Express: A Romantic Comedy of Errors

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EXTENDED SYNOPSISWhen life derails your perfectly planned future, sometimes the best thing you can do is get back on track—literally.

Zoe Carter thought she had it all figured out. At twenty-eight, she's a rising star at one of New York's most prestigious financial firms, on the fast track to partnership, and has successfully avoided any romantic entanglements that might derail her carefully orchestrated life. The last thing she needs is complications—especially the kind that come with devastatingly handsome green eyes and a crooked smile she once knew by heart.

But when a disastrous coffee incident and a missed flight force her onto the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Zoe comes face-to-face with her biggest Liam Edwards, the college boyfriend who shattered her heart three years ago when he chose his career over their relationship.

The universe clearly has a twisted sense of humor.

Thanks to a computer glitch, they're stuck sharing the world's tiniest train compartment for eighteen hours of pure torture. Between emergency evacuations in their pajamas, a broken air conditioning system that turns their room into a sauna, and getting locked in a bathroom together, Zoe discovers that some sparks never die—they just get more dangerous.

Liam never stopped loving her. He's spent three years regretting the biggest mistake of his life, and now he has eighteen hours to prove he's changed. But Zoe has built walls around her heart that would make Fort Knox jealous, and she's not about to let him waltz back into her life just because he's learned how to apologize.

What could possibly go wrong on a cross-country train ride with your ex-boyfriend?

Everything. Absolutely everything.

From viral internet fame (thanks to an ill-timed phone call during the most important business meeting of her career) to emergency bridesmaid duty at his cousin's wedding, from meddling elderly relatives with no filter to her best friend's protective interrogation tactics, Zoe and Liam careen from one beautiful disaster to another.

But somewhere between New York and Chicago, amid the chaos of delayed trains, wedding receptions, and the kind of sexual tension that could power the entire Midwest, they might just discover that some love stories are worth the mess.

Because the best journeys aren't about the destination—they're about who you choose to travel with.

Perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Emily Henry, Hot Mess Express is a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about second chances, the courage to take risks, and the beautiful disasters that make the best love stories. Get ready for a wild ride filled with swoon-worthy romance, hilarious mishaps, and enough sexual tension to derail even the most well-laid plans.

All aboard the Hot Mess Express—next stop, happily ever after.