Mr. Wrong Number

Mr. Wrong Number is a sharp, chaotic romantic comedy about bad luck, secret identities, and the terrifying moment when a joke becomes real feeling. Olivia Marshall returns to Omaha after her life in Chicago collapses in spectacular fashion: she loses her job, discovers her boyfriend has fallen for someone else, and accidentally starts the fire that destroys her apartment building.

Forced to stay with her brother and his infuriatingly perfect roommate, Colin Beck, Olivia tries to rebuild her life while secretly bonding with an anonymous stranger through witty, increasingly intimate texts. The problem is that Colin is not just her brother’s best friend and longtime nemesis—he is also Mr. Wrong Number. What begins as banter becomes desire, then heartbreak, and finally a choice between running from vulnerability or risking everything for love.

• Listeners who love enemies-to-lovers romantic comedies with sharp banter and messy chemistry.
• Fans of secret-identity romance, forced proximity, and brother’s-best-friend tension.
• Anyone who enjoys heroines who are funny, flawed, unlucky, and impossible not to root for.

Lynn Painter is an Omaha-based author known for witty contemporary romance and romantic comedies. She has written for the Omaha World-Herald and often blends humor, family chaos, pop-culture banter, and heartfelt emotional stakes in her fiction.