[Leading Light 03] • Ever After

Jesse: Working as a producer on a reality dating show is trying enough—and that’s before I find out who this season’s suitor is. Actor Theo Thompson has been raked over the coals in the media over the last few months, and it’s obvious that this is nothing but a chance for the notoriously arrogant party boy to try and salvage his tattered reputation. I’ve dealt with plenty of divas in my time on Ever After; all I plan to do is get this over with as soon as possible.

I don’t want anything to do with Theo… until I meet him, anyway.

He’s not anything like I expected him to be, and it’s becoming harder and harder to stay away from him. I’m supposed to be getting the women on the show to fall in love with Theodore, not falling in love with him myself.

All I want is my own happily ever after with Theodore, and that’s the one thing I can’t have.

…Right?

Theodore: Being the suitor on this season of Ever After is the last thing I want to do, but I don’t really have much of a choice. If saving my career means fake dating and fake falling in love with a woman while the cameras are rolling, then I’ll do it... Though that’s easier said than done when I meet Jesse.

For the first time since my life fell apart, there’s a glimmer of hope. I’ve faced the worst days of my life alone, but now…

Jesse is my shot at a happily ever after, and I’m not letting that chance slip through my fingers.

Ever After is a standalone 55,000-word novel with a happily ever after, no cheating, and love found as the cameras roll. The books in the Leading Light series each feature new characters and can be read in any order.