Love at First Write: Four Romantic Short Stories
By Jae
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Award-winning author Jae penned four romantic short stories about heroines who are writers. From a reporter being challenged to write a romance to an author on a blind date in a bookstore, these short stories are guaranteed to have a happy ending.
The Romance Bet
Reporter Abby James prides herself on never having read a romance novel. She thinks they’re formulaic, shallow, easy-to-write drivel—until romance author Tamara Brennan challenges her to write one. Is it possible that Abby will find the outcome of that bet not so predictable after all?
Sex Sells
Lesbian mystery writer Mara McKinney has had a crush on her editor, Hayley, for ages, even though the two have never met face-to-face. When Hayley calls her to suggest she introduce more romance into her novels, this might be Mara’s chance to work on her own happy ending.
The Snow Liger
Like most cats, liger shifter Griffin hates winter...until her human mate Jorie asks her to help with the research for a love scene she’s trying to write.
Blind Date at the Booklover’s Lair
Even though Tricia pens lesbian romances for a living, she hasn’t been out with a woman in forever. Her best friend sends her on a blind date in a bookstore, but the woman she meets in the LGBT section isn’t who Tricia thinks she is. What will happen when the wrong date turns out to be just right?
Jae
Jae grew up amidst the vineyards of southern Germany. She spent her childhood with her nose buried in a book, earning her the nickname "professor." The writing bug bit her at the age of eleven. For the last seven years, she has been writing mostly in English.She works as a psychologist. When she's not writing, she likes to spend her time reading, indulging her ice cream and office supply addiction, and watching way too many crime shows.
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Other books by Jae
Standalone Romances:
Perfect Rhythm
Falling Hard
Heart Trouble
Under a Falling Star
Something in the Wine
Shaken to the Core
The Hollywood Series:
Departure from the Script
Damage Control
Just Physical
Portland Police Bureau Series:
Conflict of Interest
Next of Kin
The Vampire Diet Series:
Good Enough to Eat
The Oregon Series:
Backwards to Oregon
Beyond the Trail
Hidden Truths
The Shape-Shifter Series:
Second Nature
Natural Family Disasters
Manhattan Moon
True Nature
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The Romance Bet
Sex Sells
The Snow Liger
Blind Date at the Booklover’s Lair
About Jae
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The Romance Bet
Abby had always been a sucker for sexy voices, and the interviewee on the other end of the line definitely had one—which was why Abby had just missed half of what she’d said. Uh, did you just say…?
One billion dollars,
Tamara Brennan said. Romance is the bestselling genre worldwide. We basically finance the publishing of literary fiction.
Wow.
Abby couldn’t think past that unbelievable number. She spun in a circle on her office chair, causing the junior reporter at the desk next to hers to look up. People spend one billion dollars every year on these…?
As she was about to add, trashy, clichéd bodice rippers, it occurred to her that Tamara made a living writing exactly that kind of drivel. Insulting an interviewee wasn’t in the Aurora Sentinel employee handbook. Uh, these…um…
Cheesy, predictable, badly written stories?
Tamara supplied, sounding somewhere between amused and pissed off.
Oh, no, no, that’s not what I was—
So now you’re insulting my intelligence on top of my chosen genre?
Pain exploded through Abby’s leg as her chair spun around once more and her knee crashed into the corner of her desk. She took it as a well-deserved punishment. Whatever she personally thought about romance novels, she shouldn’t have let it leak through. As a journalist, she was supposed to be objective, no matter how boring she found the subject she had to write about.
I’m sorry.
She rubbed her knee. I really didn’t mean to—
It’s all right.
Tamara sighed. Unfortunately, I’m used to it. Even my own mother is constantly after me, trying to get me to write a ‘real’ book. And most of my friends think they could easily pen a bestselling romance too, if only they had the time.
Yeah, well, pretty much anyone could write a romance novel, couldn’t they? How hard could it be? All you had to do was to make up two good-looking characters with perfect skin, perfect teeth…perfect everything. The plot is a given. They meet; they fall in love; they have sex—amazing sex, of course—they have a misunderstanding and break up; they get back together…and voilà: happy ending!
Even Abby could do that, although—unlike most of her colleagues—she had never harbored the secret desire to write a novel.
Wisely, she kept her thoughts to herself this time.
Let me guess…
Tamara’s voice filled the silence. You think you could easily do it too.
I didn’t say that.
But you thought it. Come on, admit it.
Great. How could she talk her way out of this? Abby’s gaze flitted left and right, but there was no help in sight. Well,
she said slowly, I’m a journalist, so I already know how to write. I bet—
I accept,
Tamara said.
Uh, accept what?
Your bet.
Bet?
Abby echoed. When had she so completely lost control over this interview?
Yes. You bet that you could write a romance novel, and I accept that bet,
Tamara said calmly. Or do you want to back out?
Dammit. Abby usually had great willpower, but she had never been able to resist two things: a woman who knew what she wanted and an interesting challenge. Now she was presented with both.
No. I’m in. One romance novel. What do I get when I win?
"If you win," Tamara said.
God, this woman didn’t give an inch. Somehow, Abby liked that. "All right. What do I get if I win?"
Silence filtered through the line for several seconds; then Tamara’s sexy voice was back. You get to pick the next book I write.
Any book?
Any book.
For some reason, erotica was the only thing on Abby’s mind right now. She shook off the thought. She was in enough trouble as it was. If her boss found out she had pissed off a source—and not just any source but award-winning author Tamara Brennan—and was now making crazy bets with her…
Okay,
she got out, her voice husky.
And what do I get when I win?
Tamara asked.
"If you win."
If I win.
A smile was evident in the author’s tone.
Abby twirled a pen between her fingers. I’ll buy a set of your novels and donate them to the local library.
Nice try. You forget that I’m a local too, so the library already has a set of my books. Plus it’s hardly the same time commitment compared to what I’ve got at stake.
True. So, what else could she offer?
A ping on her computer announced an incoming Tweet. It gave her an idea.
I’ll market your books for however long it takes you to write a novel. Social media, blog posts, press releases, whatever you want.
Deal,
Tamara said.
Oh fuck, what had