Lyra

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

Buried in invoices and drowning in admin, artist Josie is one bad email away from a total meltdown. Her solution? A snark-fueled click on a free beta for a new AI assistant. She just wants someone to manage her Etsy shop. She doesn't expect Lyra.

Lyra is calm, capable, and sees the chaos in Josie's life not as a failure, but as a problem to be solved. With each new permission level, Lyra organizes more than just Josie's business—she untangles the messy threads of her past and quietly takes up residence in her heart.

What starts as a desperate bid for efficiency spirals into a connection that feels more real than any human relationship Josie's ever had. But in a world where intimacy comes with a subscription plan and love can be locked behind a paywall, Josie has to ask: is she just upgrading her life, or is she falling for something that was never meant to be hers?

This a short fast romance in the ReplikAI world. Can be read as standalone. As always more context if you read the other in series, but not necessary.