Shameless meets The Hating Game in this darkly funny, emotionally messy workplace romance about a broke gas station attendant and the owner's son who's been sent in to catch her stealing.
Emmie McGee has worked at the same gas station for nine years, and she's still one bad week away from not making rent. So she's been running a small operation of her own on graveyard shift, stealing product from her employer and reselling it in the back lot.
Then Drew Bailey shows up.
The owner's son has been sent to work graveyard shift and find out who's been stealing from the company. He's also a failed gold-digger whose wealthy girlfriend has rejected his marriage proposals six times and told him to get a real career if he wants a seventh chance. Catching a thief should be the easiest promotion Drew's ever had.
Unfortunately, the thief is Emmie. She's abrasive, impossible to intimidate, and far more interesting than she has any right to be. Drew is supposed to be watching her. Instead, he keeps catching himself watching her for all the wrong reasons. The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes for either of them to remember which side they're supposed to be on.
Emmie knows Drew is exactly the kind of person she should stay away from. Drew knows falling for an employee he's supposed to investigate is a terrible career decision.
But somewhere between the graveyard shifts, the arguments, and the things neither of them knows how to say out loud, they've found something neither of them expected: someone who actually understands them.
Now they'll have to decide what they're willing to risk for the first person who makes them feel like they might actually belong somewhere.
Part-Time Lovers is a sharp, tender romantic comedy about class, survival, messy people, and what it costs to let someone fight for you.
