Emily Carver never expected her life to unravel in a strip mall pet store. She thought she’d stay quiet, unnoticed—until Julian Renley walked in wearing a tailored coat and the kind of gaze that made everything else fall away. He wasn’t supposed to be there. She wasn’t supposed to catch his attention. But she did.

Julian sees something in Emily that even she can’t name. He offers her a chance to help build a company that doesn’t exist yet—just an idea, raw and full of potential. What begins as an offer becomes a transformation, pulling Emily into a strange new world of sharp minds, soft edges, and the kind of chaos that feels like home.

As her confidence grows, so do the risks. Emily must navigate friendships, ambition, secrets, and the shadow of her old life—the one she thought she’d left behind. At the center of it all is Julian: guarded, brilliant, impossible not to fall for. But becoming someone new means facing who she was… and deciding what she truly wants.

Becoming Emily is a deeply romantic, emotionally intimate story of reinvention, unexpected connection, and the quiet magic of being chosen—just as you are.