He packs his bags and returns to North Carolina, with zero intention of ever speaking to Wells again. Needless to say, it’s amazing and life altering for both of them.īut, as is the case in stories like these, Conor finally puts two and two together before Wells can come clean about his sexting alter ego.Ĭonor is humiliated and justifiably furious. Once the business deal is finalized, Wells and Conor finally give in to their attraction and sleep with each other. We follow our heroes, almost in real time, as they fall in love while working together, going out to dinner, and taking carriage rides in Central Park.

They spend several days together and get to know one another, Conor unaware that Wells and Trace are the same person. But Wells quickly begins to fall for Conor, both the sexy online version and the awkward real-life version.Īs they work through the contracts for the sale, Wells continues his deception. His first inclination is to use this information as leverage in their business negotiations. Conor is the hot and horny guy he sexted with the night before. The text exchange he ends up having with a stranger, who he calls Trace, is amazing, and through several flirtatious and super-hot online conversations, they begin a fling.Īt the meeting the next morning, Wells Grange recognizes Conor thanks to the Dalek tie he is wearing. The evening before his big presentation he decides to live a little and begins sexting with who he thinks is the sexy hotel bartender. Nice guy geek Conor is in New York to sell his mother’s bio-med technology to a ruthless CEO. The way that the characters write to each other has changed and evolved, but the premise remains the same. There’s also hints of enemies to lovers and opposites attract. Which is the long-winded way of saying it’s a similar set up as the classic movies Shop Around the Corner, You’ve Got Mail, In the Good Old Summertime, and the musical She Loves Me.

In Real Life combines the classic alpha billionaire character trope with the time-honored scenario of two characters who are combative in real life, but are secretly corresponding with one another and falling in love. IRL: In Real Life (After Oscar book 1) by Lucy Lennox and Molly Maddox

IRL by Lucy Lennox