This is a preorder of Crash by Lily Anh Nam! Art prints and reader swag will be included!

Release date: September 26, 2025

Estimated shipping: October 2025 (earlier if possible)

If you order other items with this book, ALL ITEMS will ship together. If you want the other items earlier, please make a separate purchase. 

Blurb:

A driven young woman loses her direction…

Quynh Le always puts work first and is used to being alone. She has no social life, no family, no relationship… unless you count her cranky cat. When she’s unexpectedly fired from her job as a nurse practitioner, she feels lost and adrift. A cryptic text from her half-sister about her estranged father’s failing health has her returning to the small town of Willowbrook—the place that tore her family apart twenty-six years ago. 

A grumpy mechanic finds more than he bargained for…

Griffin Kennedy likes his life the way it is—no drama, no complications, definitely no women. He doesn’t want anybody messing with the stability he’s found, especially not the naïve, cheerful woman whose car breaks down just outside of town. But when he realizes Quynh has no place to stay, he strikes a deal to let her stay in the studio apartment above his shop in exchange for her help as his secretary while she’s visiting her father. 

When convenience gives way to craving, the spark between these two opposites develops into a fiery affair. Can two very independent people let down their walls long enough to fall in love?

Opposites attract in this small town grumpy/sunshine romance from author Lily Anh Nam. Sweet and spicy—CRASH is all about healing old wounds and finding new direction.

Tropes:

• Grumpy x Sunshine
• Opposites Attract
• Damsel in Distress 
• Workplace Romance
• Forced Proximity
• Small Town Romance

Content Warnings: 

• History of drugs/substance abuse
• Toxic parents (briefly mentioned)
• Estranged parents
• Death of a parent (cancer)