The Small Stuff

by Paul Davidson

Overview

Josh Allen always dreamed of finding his soulmate, only to be told it wasn't ever going to happen. Maggie Mills found who she thought was hers, only for the relationship to end in disaster. Now, the two are struggling to make their way in the City of Angels, with zero faith they'll ever find that one true love. Fortunately, the universe has other plans, as Josh and Maggie will soon discover.

Meet the village of people around them: family, friends, local auto body clerks, homeless journeymen, famous chefs, and nighttime talk show hosts-people whose small, insignificant decisions in life are the reason why Josh and Maggie will finally meet once and for all. But when the two realize they've been unknowingly crossing paths all their lives, their small love story takes on even bigger significance.

A romantic comedy for the new millennium, The Small Stuff asks the ultimate question: What if the reason we find the love of our life isn't due to fate or chance or plain dumb luck-but because of the decisions everyone around us ends up making?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781735773872
Publisher:	Foo Publishing
Publication date:	04/12/2022
Pages:	282
Sales rank:	1,090,806
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Paul Davidson is a producer, writer, and entertainment executive. His previous books include Consumer Joe and The Lost Blogs: From Jesus to Jim Morrison. Find him at www.pauldavidson.net.

Editorial Reviews

03/14/2022

Davidson’s quirky debut rom-com cleverly charts the zig-zagging path of its eventual lovers. The cinematic narrative cuts between a variety of seemingly unconnected Angelenos, peripheral characters who are slowly revealed to be instrumental to pushing food critic Maggie Mills and scientist Josh Allen toward each other. The pair’s first remembered meeting happens at an auto body shop after separate traffic accidents, where they exchange flirtatious banter before each mistakenly heading home with the other’s paperwork. The mix-up throws Maggie and Josh back together—and they’re shocked to discover that they’ve been consistently just missing each other since Maggie was 13 and Josh was 15. But when Josh is offered a plum job in Europe, will he choose to prioritize his personal or professional life? Davidson’s large supporting cast is the real charmer here, especially Josh’s romantic father, Mel, who provides the novel’s thesis: there’s “no such thing as an accident.” This unconventional path to happily ever after is sure to stick in readers’ minds. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly