PowerhouseromanceeditorKeiraMadisonisknownas"CoverGirl"-becauseshe'scomeupwiththeconceptsforthecoversofthebestsellingnovelsinhistory.Butrightnow,she'sdesperatetoreplaceherbestsellingauthor.
WannabeauthorAlexBauerhasgivenuphopeofeversellinghismilitarythriller,sohetakesashotatwritingaromanceandsendsittosuperagentBellaFarentino.She'sblownawaybythebook,butmoreshockedtofindouttheauthorisaman.Soshedecidesit'sbesttokeepitasecretwhenpitchingthenovel-whatdoesamanknowaboutromanceafterall?
WhenKeirabuysthebook,Alexneedsacoverstorytohidethefacthe'stherealauthor.Soheinventsafictionalcousinwho'sanagoraphobe;tooshytoeverleavethehouse.Heagreestoworkas"her"intermediaryduringtheeditingprocesswhilegettingafriendto"play"theauthoronthephone.
Onemajorproblem.HefallshardforKeira,aspunkyredheadwhoisadeadringerfortheheroineinthebook.Andshe'ssmittenwithhim,ashe'sacloneofthenovel'sromantichero,afictionalMisterRightcometolife.
Youseewherethisisgoing.
Asthereleasedateforthebookgetscloser,theirrelationshipgrowsstrongerwhilethetaleofthefictionalauthorgoesoverthetop.AtsomepointAlexwillhavetocomecleanthathe'stherealauthorofthebookbutworrieshe'llrisklosingKeirabecauseshewon'tbeabletotrusthim.
It's"Tootsie"meetsthepublishingworld...withoutanyonegettingdressedupindrag.