High Score
NOVELLA COMING MAY 25, 2026
I came home to save my mother’s arcade. I didn’t expect to fall for the boy who never left.
At twenty-two, I’m broke, burned out, and back in my hometown with six weeks to save the failing retro arcade my mom built — or watch it disappear for good.
The only person who thinks we can pull it off? Brady Donahue — the nerdy gamer from high school who never left. And seeing him rebuild arcade cabinets with a toolbelt? Let’s just say he’s leveled up in more than just video games.
Working side by side every day, gaming with him every night—it starts to feel dangerously like home. Like something I didn’t know I was missing.
Saving the arcade might take everything I have. But Brady? He might be the extra life between a game over and a second chance.
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