Unscripted

by Jordan Vale · September 2026

Gary likes routines. Mia likes having a plan. Neither of them is looking for love. When a chance meeting at a Calgary library leads to an unexpected friendship, both discover that the best parts of life rarely follow a script. As their connection deepens, they navigate family, friendship, personal challenges, and the risks that come with opening their hearts to someone else. Set against the backdrop of Calgary and the Rocky Mountains, Unscripted is a warm, character-driven contemporary romance about trust, acceptance, and finding love when life refuses to follow the plan.

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Unscripted started with a simple idea: two people who weren’t looking for love, finding something neither of them had planned for.

I wanted to write a story about ordinary people. People who are imperfect, sometimes uncertain, and sometimes struggling, but who discover that being accepted for who you are can change everything.

Gary and Mia became very real to me while I was writing them. I hope you enjoy spending time with them as much as I did.

Thank you for reading.

— Jordan Vale

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Jordan Vale

Jordan Vale writes character-driven fiction about people finding connection, belonging, and unexpected places to call home. Unscripted, a contemporary love story set in Calgary, is the first release, to be followed by the upcoming science-fiction novel Refuge. Whatever the genre, the people at the heart of the story always come first.

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