When Andrea Williams's car breaks down two blocks from The Perch, she's just looking for WiFi and coffee to salvage her disastrous Monday. What she finds is Alan Murphy-a thoughtful café owner with kind eyes, an encyclopedic knowledge of single-origin beans, and a tendency to adjust his glasses when he's nervous.Their connection is immediate. Their timing is complicated.Alan is still learning to live with PTSD from past abuse, managing anxiety while building a business and trying to believe he deserves good things. Andrea is navigating the tech industry's demands while figuring out what she actually wants from life beyond the next promotion. Neither of them is looking for a relationship, but some connections refuse to be ignored.From awkward first dates to comfortable domesticity, from wedding vows to Andrea pregnancy, FIRST EVERYTHING follows Alan and Andrea journey of choosing each other while doing the hard work of healing themselves. This isn't a story about love fixing broken people-it's about two imperfect people building something real, one honest conversation at a time.Perfect for readers who believe the best love stories aren't the ones without problems, but the ones where both people commit to working through them together.
