A.H. Nguyen

The Note War

An Enemies to Lovers Workplace Romantic Comedy

Mai Tran has three rules for surviving Ethan Nguyen: arrive early to reclaim her territory, blast music the second he leaves, and never smell whatever he's brewing—because it always smells annoyingly perfect. She's failing at all three. When Mai's landlord forces her to share her late grandmother's coffee shop with a specialty barista who thinks sugar is a moral failing, the battle lines are drawn. His side: minimalist, silent, aggressively precise. Her side: string lights, boba, and a chalkboard menu that includes something called the Birthday Cake Boba Blast. Between them: eighteen inches of painter's tape and approximately four generations of emotional repression. What starts as a turf war becomes something neither of them planned for—sticky notes that turn into conversations, condensed milk that turns into a gesture, and two people slowly learning that the things they built alone might be better together. The Note War is a warm, witty Vietnamese-American romance about legacy, love, and the radical act of letting someone in—one cup of coffee at a time.