The Calendar Invite: A Workplace Romantic Comedy

Nina Patel has one rule for surviving high-stakes event planning: control the calendar before the calendar controls you.

Then she accidentally sends one very public invite suggesting that she and Graham Wells, Harper Row's infuriatingly precise operations strategist, are more than coworkers.

Much more.

The timing could not be worse. Their biggest client loves the misunderstanding, the entire office is suddenly invested, and Nina's family has already nicknamed Graham "Calendar Man." Correcting the mistake too abruptly could embarrass the client and damage the event Nina has spent months trying to save.

Enter The Stand-In Society, a discreet social-rescue service with forms, clauses, boundaries, and a deeply alarming understanding of romantic chaos.

Graham agrees to help contain the disaster. Professionally, of course. Temporarily. With clear rules, no false promises, and absolutely no real feelings.

Unfortunately, the more Nina and Graham try to model the perfect professional partnership, the more everyone notices how well they fit. He remembers her tea order. She sees the loneliness behind his usefulness. Their banter sharpens, their boundaries blur, and one accidental calendar invite starts feeling dangerously close to an invitation neither of them meant to send.

But when the performance ends, Nina has to decide whether Graham is another problem to manage, or the one man who sees her clearly enough to stay.

Fast, funny, warm, and emotionally satisfying, The Calendar Invite is a workplace romantic comedy novella about fake couple confusion, office chaos, family pressure, grumpy-sunshine chemistry, and the terrifying possibility that the wrong invite might lead to the right love.

Each book in The Stand-In Society series can be read as a standalone romantic comedy with a complete happily-ever-after.