Sometimes all you need to heal your broken heart is a prank war. Lily wants to love again, but after her last relationship almost destroyed her, she has little desire to even connect with men because of her fears. She just wants to be left alone, blissfully unaware of her loneliness. When she meets her handsome neighbor, but rude neighbor, she vows that she will no longer be pushed around and fights back. She plays a harmless trick on him, not knowing that she will incite an all-out prank war between them. Somewhere between the jokes, she finds herself opening up to her sworn enemy. Maybe all men aren't that bad--even him. Steve wants to continue to live in his minimalist apartment with his dog, his two best friends, and his job to occupy him. After his mom died, he wanted nothing to do with relationships or people. Getting close to people you could lose was too risky. Living with obnoxious neighbors has slowly taken its toll, and when his loud, new neighbor moves in upstairs, he's had it. When she wraps him into his own apartment, she spark a wrath in him that unlocks emotions he's kept hidden away for years. But he's intrigued by this quirky girl who seems to harbor so much pain. This neighbors to lovers romantic comedy is the first in the New York Romance series and can be read as a standalone. This fade-to-black book ends with a HEA and their overarching story continues in book two with their best friends along for the ride.