Trinity Locke

The Beta Test

YA Romcom · No spice

Avery has senior year mapped to the decimal point. The one thing she didn't plan for is the stranger on her phone.

Avery James knows one thing for certain—she's going to join her beloved boyfriend Braden at MIT next year. She simply has to complete her senior-year checklist: become swim team captain, ace her classes, and graduate as valedictorian. Easy peasy.

Unfortunately for Avery, her perfect plan falls apart. Braden won't pick up her calls, her GPA plummets, and her nemesis starts encroaching on her aspirations. Most bewildering of all, her lifelong best friend's little brother Jake is suddenly everywhere she turns.

When her high school launches Connection Services, a new anonymous social app, Avery does something very un-Avery: she opens it. Within days she's talking to a stranger called Mr. Pi—and he might be the only person who actually gets her.

Avery is a facts girl. Here's one she isn't ready for: some connections are a lot closer to home than they appear.

Tropes & dynamics

You've Got MailHidden identityBest friend's little brotherFriends-to-loversSlow burnGolden retriever MMCType-A heroineHe falls first and forever

Connection Services · 02

Breaking Changes

Trinity Locke

Connection Services · Book 2Coming November 2026

Breaking Changes

Adult Women's Fiction · Romance

Andie can run an ER, raise a kid, and weather a separation. The one thing she can't do is make a friend — until Connection Services.

Dr. Andie James can restart a stopped heart, run a chaotic ER, and stare down the hospital's most arrogant surgeon without blinking. It's everything else that’s falling apart: her marriage (husband moved out), her house (don't look in the kitchen sink), her son's questions (no good answers), and the one thing that should be simplest of all—making a single friend. Colleagues respect her. Patients trust her. Nobody knows her.

Andie's plan is the same as always: work harder, feel less, tell everyone she's fine.

Then Connection Services, the anonymous social app everyone's talking about, matches her with someone called Fuchsia Diamond. Fuchsia is warm, funny, and listens like Andie’s worth hearing. With no name and no face attached, Andie does something she hasn't managed in years—she lets someone in.

Here's what the algorithm knows that Andie doesn't: her first new friend in years isn't a stranger at all.

Tropes & dynamics

You've Got MailAnonymous textingHidden identitiesSlow-burn friendshipWorkaholic heroineDomestically competent heroNo spice40+ lead charactersER pressure-cooker dramaDoctor heroine

Join the reader list