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Planes, Reins, and Automobiles

A Grumpy Sunshine Road Trip Romcom

Kate Watson

Written by
Kate Watson
Length
10 hrs 1 min
Rating
4.6 / 5
Series
Catching Feelings, Book 2
Publisher
Little Biks Creative
Released
2026-06-26

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What it is

She's sunshine. He's frostbite. They've got 1,600 miles to go—and he's about to discover his new enemy might be his anonymous online soulmate.

Oliver Fletcher has one goal, and he's not happy about it: get home for his brother's wedding. After extreme weather cancels every flight, his only option is to share the last (and smallest) rental car with the last (and most infuriating) woman he could ever want to be stuck with.

Poppy Lewis is everything Oliver isn't—joyful, optimistic, and prone to random acts of kindness. She finds the perpetually cynical ex-athlete totally maddening. Their only truce is found online, where Oliver (GreenArrow11) trades secrets with his anonymous confidante (GracieLou).

But Poppy is GracieLou. And as storms, car trouble, and too few hotel rooms force them together, she realizes the infuriating man beside her is the same person she’s been falling for online. When her career as a sentencing advocate collides with Oliver’s family tragedy, the truth she’s been hiding could destroy everything.

Oliver demands justice. Poppy champions compassion. As their disastrous road trip pushes them closer, Oliver must confront the truth: the woman who drives him crazy might be the only one who can heal his broken heart.

It'll take planes, reins, and automobiles to get them back home to their families. But once the secrets are exposed, will they ever want to see each other again? Or never want to be apart?

Planes, Reins, and Automobiles is a standalone, forced-proximity, grumpy-sunshine romance with enemies-to-lovers vibes, secret identity reveals, sizzling slow-burn tension, without explicit content. This closed-door romance is brimming with delicious chemistry and witty banter—perfect for readers who love You’ve Got Mail and road trip romances.

About the series

Catching Feelings in order →

Catching Feelings — 5 books, 5 of them charting here

  1. 1 Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend: A Marriage of Convenience Sports Romcom4.4
  2. 2 Planes, Reins, and Automobiles: A Grumpy Sunshine Road Trip Romcom4.6
  3. 3 The Setup Man: A Forbidden Dating Sports Romcom4.8
  4. 4 The Fall Classic: A Cinderella Sports Romcom5.0
  5. · Since We've No Place to Go: A Very Merry Romantic Comedy (Catching Feelings)4.9

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