Loving You is a Bad Idea

Work in progress

*CONCEPT COVER

Astrid Cruz, a Filipina immigrant and Chicago UX director, wasn’t expecting to choke on champagne—or meet Elias Hale, Chicago's Golden Boy & CEO.

A job offer turns into late-night banter, slow-burn tension, and a connection that tests every rule she’s lived by. When love and ambition collide under the Chicago skyline, someone’s bound to get burned.

About Isla

Isla Reyes is a Filipina romance author, coffee enthusiast, and design lead who writes about love, ambition, and women finding both. She lives in a beautiful blur of tech deadlines, toddler giggles, and fictional men who refuse to behave.

Isla Reyes is a Filipina romance author, coffee enthusiast, and design lead who writes about love, ambition, and women finding both. She lives in a beautiful blur of tech deadlines, toddler giggles, and fictional men who refuse to behave.