The World
A city built on ambition.
Logan Circle, K Street, rooftops, hotel bars, and the polished social world Parker never expected to call his own.
Sometimes a new city changes
more than your address.
The City I Imagined
Book One
Releasing November 12, 2026


The Book
Parker Bennett has spent his life knowing what comes next. Work hard. Make the right choices. Build the right career. Become the person everyone expects him to be.
Moving from Dallas to Washington is supposed to be the culmination of that plan: a prestigious new firm, a city built on ambition, and the future Parker has imagined for years.
But the Washington he finds isn’t quite the one he expected.
There are people he never planned to know. Places he never imagined belonging. A life beginning to take shape beyond the office, one ordinary choice at a time. And then there is Leo, a man Parker never planned to meet and a connection he can’t quite explain.
Parker’s carefully constructed life isn’t falling apart. It’s simply becoming something else.
The World
Logan Circle, K Street, rooftops, hotel bars, and the polished social world Parker never expected to call his own.
The Series
The City I Imagined is the first book in a contemporary gay fiction series about ambition, friendship, love, and finding a life beyond the one you planned.
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