Marcus always thought life had a plan: paint by day, avoid commitment by night. But when he's literally struck by lightning in front of his apartment, things take a wild turn-especially when his cute, quirky neighbor, AJ, crashes his UPS truck after witnessing the whole thing. AJ, a free-spirited dreamer with a big heart, heroically performs CPR to save Marcus's life. As they navigate the aftermath of the bizarre accident, their small neighborhood community rallies together. Tenesha, the outspoken single mom next door, along with her hilarious son Po and their mischievous dog Marco, become unlikely friends to both men. While Marcus struggles to recover and AJ faces his own insecurities, the group leans on each other for support. As sparks of romance start flying between Marcus and AJ, the pair soon realize that fate might have more in store than either of them imagined. When chaos threatens their lives again, AJ steps up, proving that lightning can strike twice-but love, once ignited, is there to stay. Filled with humor, heart, and unexpected twists, "Struck by Lightning" is a feel-good rom-com about finding love when you least expect it and the beautiful messiness of community.

Sarah Black is a writer and artist, a mom and a Navy veteran, and a family nurse practitioner. She is retired from the last but has kept all the other jobs. Sarah's mother says this: Sarah could have been an admiral. She could have married an admiral. She did neither. Instead, she did everything she wanted to do because she is too hard headed to listen to her mother. Sarah's father says this: I just hope I can stay alive long enough to bail her out. Sarah is hopeless with money. When she was twenty-one, she cashed in her new IRA, took the money, and went to Paris! Sarah's son says this: When Mom starts on a new book, she packs the fridge with frozen burritos and hot dogs and I have to fix my own dinner. She tells a lot of stories too, like when she dipped my feet into the Mediterranean Sea when I was a week old and nearly dropped me. Sarah's dog says this: When I get scared, Mom tells me stories about all the rivers and seas she's put her feet in, and she counts them down, starting with the Mighty Yukon, the Columbia, the Boise, the Colorado, the Green, the Pecos, the Rio Grande, the Mighty Mississippi, the James, then the Gulf of Mexico, and the Chesapeake Bay, and the Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean. Then she mentions rivers we still need to visit-the Nile, the Danube, the Mighty Yangtze, the Amazon-and by the time she is finished, I feel better.