Level One: Feelings Reloaded

Gamescom is supposed to be the start of Johanna's career as a narrative designer for video games. Instead, when she goes to pitch her idea, she runs into Lukas — Germany's most celebrated game designer and streamer, and also her ex. He proudly unveils the trailer for an interactive fantasy game that looks uncomfortably familiar: Lukas has built his success on her idea.

The betrayal cuts deep, but when a hacker attack nearly wipes the game's data, Lukas comes to Johanna for help. Working together reignites a chemistry neither of them can quite deny, and Johanna finds herself caught between old wounds and new attraction.

First book in Vanessa Hußmann's New Adult "Levels" series, set in the German gaming industry.