The Strange Appeal of Dougie Neil

Dougie Neil isn’t exactly a catch. Middle-aged, soft around the edges, and spectacularly average, he’s no one’s idea of a romantic lead — including his own.

Then something strange happens.

After a peculiar incident at work, Dougie becomes… appealing. Women start hitting on him. Enthusiastically. Repeatedly. And for no good reason.

Baffled but not ungrateful, Dougie leans in—until the appeal turns odd. Then unsettling. Then dangerous.

What starts as a dream quickly curdles into suspicion, chaos, and a creeping sense that something, or someone—is pulling the strings of fate.

Because nobody becomes irresistible by accident.