Midnight in Maplewood Ridge

One fake date.
One real kiss.
One choice that changed everything.

Scarlett Jones plans her life the way she plans events—carefully, beautifully, and with backup plans for every possible disaster. Maplewood Ridge is her safe place, her home, the town that knows her and loves her exactly as she is. Falling for a world-famous former athlete with a global sports empire was never on the schedule.

Xavier Volkov was supposed to stay one night.
He was supposed to leave at midnight.
He was never supposed to kiss her like that.

Midnight in Maplewood Ridge is a cozy, emotional small-town romance about finding home in another person, choosing love without headlines, and believing that some endings are just beginnings with better timing.



Fake dating • Billionaire CEO • Forced proximity • Media chaos • Grumpy x sunshine • New Year’s Eve • Emotional healing