To my Bookstagram fam that has screamed with me about books for years, thank you for your friendship; it’s one of the most special things in my life.
Sarah Hogle, Rosie Danan, and Rachel Lynn Solomon, thank you for embracing me as I awkwardly slid into your DMs and asked if you wanted to be friends. Thank you for reading this story early and sending me reaction memes that had me screaming into my pillow like a preteen with a gut-punch crush. You all inspire me beyond compare. （This isn’t a line; I truly can’t get over the pure talent you all have. Hot damn.）
To my team at St. Martin’s Griffin, how do I even begin to express my gratitude to you? So many of you had to say yes for this dream to happen, and I’m forever grateful for each and every one of those. Thank you, Jennifer Enderlin, for the oh-so-small thing of naming my book and coming up with a title I literally want to put on everything. Thank you, Kerri Resnick, for designing the cover of my dreams and screaming in DMs about it with me. You are a creative genius. Thank you to Monique Aimee, for capturing Harper and Dan so perfectly. Thank you to Brant Janeway, Marissa Sangiacomo, Alexis Neuville, Maria Vitale, and DJ DeSmyter for all the work you’ve done to help this book reach readers and for putting up with my super-hyper, less-than-professional, excessively exclamation-point-filled emails and responding with matched enthusiasm. Not sure how I got so lucky.
And, to my readers with a mental illness: I see you. I believe in you. You are worthy of love just as you are. Hold strong in your faith of the happily ever after, whatever that may look like. It isn’t a fantasy but a reality you deserve.
Praise for
“An adorable love story. A Brush with Love blends sweetness, breathless romance, and moments of striking vulnerability.”
—Helen Hoang, New York Times bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient
“Prepare to smile, laugh, and cry your way through this witty, fast-paced rom-com debut starring a passionate heroine and a delicious cinnamon roll hero who knows how to love her just right.”
—Evie Dunmore, USA Today bestselling author of Bringing Down the Duke
“A Brush with Love reads the way young love feels. Mazey Eddings stole my heart with this laugh-out-loud funny, almost unbearably cute debut （and she made me care about dentistry）。”
—Rosie Danan, author of The Intimacy Experiment
“I’m obsessed with this book, and I fully intend to never stop yelling about it. With a shimmering voice and razor-sharp wit, Mazey Eddings has crafted a contemporary romance masterpiece that made me want to hug my dentist. There is an extraordinary amount of empathy in these pages: Harper and Dan are so lovably flawed, and Harper’s mental health journey landed right in the center of my heart. The most intoxicating slow burn I’ve read in ages.”
—Rachel Lynn Solomon, author of The Ex Talk
“Harper and Dan have my whole heart. I love everything about this book, from their adorable meet-cute to their unconventional first date, to the two of them working through their very real—and therefore not always pretty—issues. Dan is a soft, swoony hero, Harper is a relatable heroine who struggles with anxiety, and every page of the way I was rooting so hard for them to find their happily ever after. A Brush with Love is funny and cute while also exploring serious topics, powerfully underscoring the truth that relationships require work, and that happy endings are for everyone.”
—Sarah Hogle, author of Twice Shy
“Tenderly written and oh-so-sexy, A Brush with Love brims with emotional depth, whip-smart banter, and sizzling chemistry. This romantic comedy completely stole my heart.”
—Chloe Liese, author of Only When It’s Us
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MAZEY EDDINGS is a neurodiverse author, dentist, and （most importantly） stage mom to her cats, Yaya and Zadie. She can most often be found reading romance novels under her weighted blanket and asking her boyfriend to bring her snacks. She’s made it her personal mission in life to destigmatize mental health issues and write love stories for every brain. With roots in Ohio and North Carolina, she now calls Philadelphia home. You can sign up for email updates here.