Jessica Jae-un Miller arrives in Peach Blossom for a getaway, but when her hire car breaks down, local mechanic Lavenia ‘Vini’ Williams provides a tow – and a very welcome jump start to Jessica’s heart. Vini knows herself and what she wants. She loves her job, her family, her hometown – she’d love to fall in love.

Jessica stirs up all the right feelings, but the city girl has no intention of staying in Peach Blossom. Why sign up for a broken heart? But the temptation is real as Vini goes out of her way to drive a carless Jessica around town. The pair can’t seem to keep their distance – or their hands to themselves.

There’s more than one way to love and more than one place to call home in this rousing small-town romantic comedy that’s sure to charm fans of Hannah Bonam-Young’s Next to You and Ashley Herring Blake’s Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date. – Wondering what to read after The Relationship Mechanic? Pick up another sapphic Afterglow title! The first book in the Peach Blossom series: The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee will fill your enemies to lovers sports romance dreams! Love and Sportsball by Meka James is a workplace basketball romance to make your heart bounce… And look forward to The Secret Crush Book Club, aka Book 3 of the Peach Blossom series by Karmen Lee, out in August 2025!