His Work Of Art by Shannyn Schroeder
(Hot & Nerdy, #4)
Published by: Kensington
Publication date: October 27th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
Reese Carter is definitely not your average college girl. She’d prefer to spend Saturday nights playing Hero’s Crusade than attending a wild frat party on campus. When she bands together with Adam, fellow comic enthusiast and illustrator, it appears that Reese has formed a dream team sure to propel her writing into the comic hall of fame.
Adam Hayes has never met a girl like Reese. She’s sassy, smart, and loves talking comics, although he can’t see why she’d choose DC over Marvel. He’s thrilled to finally put his artistic chops to use in their upcoming comic project. But this relationship is strictly professional. Or so he tells himself. When the two combine forces, they churn out magic in more ways than they had planned; they never expected to develop a steamy romantic sub-plot of their own…
Purchase:
“Wow! You’re actually good.”
Adam glanced over his shoulder at
hearing Reese—words of surprise no guy ever wanted to hear—to see that she
stood over his drawing table. Invading his space behind the counter. He thanked
the customer in front of him and handed him his bag of comic books. He watched
the customer leave before walking up behind Reese.
“Could you—” He gestured to the
other side of the counter, the storefront for customers.
She shrugged. “Oh, sorry.” She moved
to the other side, but continued talking. “It’s just that I see you drawing all
the time. I wanted to check it out.”
Adam moved his panels and sheets of
paper back to the order in which he had them. Even if he were to invite her to
look at his work, he wouldn’t let her shuffle them like a deck of cards.
Although she was now standing six feet away, he could still smell her lingering
scent. Something soft, but he couldn’t quite place it. He found it distracting.
While he continued to straighten his
table, he asked, “Is there something you needed help finding?”
It was a ridiculous question because
she was able to find things in the small store as easily as he could. She’d
been coming in at least once a week for months, ever since one of their
competitors had shut down. Reese had strolled in looking for the latest Batgirl comic and his life hadn’t been
the same since.
“So what are you drawing?”
“Nothing special. Just working up
some ideas.”
“Those aren’t random doodles. I know
a superhero when I see one. Who is he?”
Adam set his papers back on the
desk. He rubbed the back of his neck, irritation grinding into his muscles. “He
doesn’t have a name. Not yet anyway.”
“He’s pretty awesome. You need to
name him.”
“Yeah, I’ll get right on that.” As
if he hadn’t already spent his entire afternoon doing just that. He crossed his
arms. “So what are you here for today? You picked up all of your regular issues
earlier this week.”
“I came to see you.” She leaned
forward on the counter in front of the register. “I have a proposition for
you.”
At least these were better words to
hear than her first statement. He joined her and braced his palms on the glass
and waited.
“I have to do a senior project. My
plan is to publish an anthology of comics.”
They’d talked about comics plenty
over the months. They both had strong opinions, and he enjoyed arguing with
her. He also knew that she was a writer, not that he’d ever read any of her
stuff.
“And?” he prompted.
“I need an artist. I have most of
the stories done.” She tilted her head side to side, her straight dark hair
swaying with the movement. Squinting her eyes, she said, “Well, they need
polishing and maybe some revising, but I figure they’ll get fine-tuned as we
get to the storyboard phase.”
“We?” No way was she asking what he
thought.
“If you agree to be my partner,
yeah, we. I’m under a bit of a time
crunch because I have to have things in place to start my crowd-funding
campaign. So it’ll be a lot of work, but you’ll get paid. At least you will if
the campaign gets funded. Plus, I figure we have holiday break coming up so we
won’t have to worry about classes.”
“You want me to illustrate your
comics?” The thought was a massive blur in his brain. Working together on a
comic was intense. He doubted they could get along long enough to complete
anything. They managed to argue about just about everything related to comics.
“Yeah. I had the idea a couple of
weeks ago when I saw you working at your table. You were so passionate and into
it, that it swallowed you. I get like that when I’m in the zone writing. I need
that kind of partner.” Her stormy blue eyes focused intently on him from
beneath her shaggy bangs.
“Do I really need to point out that
we don’t get along?”
In truth, Reese was one of his
all-time favorite customers. She was smart and argued with passion. It was
almost enough for him to forgive her for choosing DC over Marvel.
“Who said we have to get along? I’m
an excellent writer. From what I can see there, you’re an excellent artist.
Together, we can put together a fabulous book. “ She leaned closer, almost to
his side of the counter. “Afraid you can’t handle me?”
He chuckled. “Sorry to disappoint,
but you don’t scare me. However, I don’t like to waste my time.”
She eased back. “How about this? You
can read the story for the first book. Then make your decision. But it’ll have
to be fast because I have to have everything in place before my campaign goes
live. The book doesn’t need to be complete, but I have to have enough to entice
people to back me.”
The idea intrigued him, but Reese
would never have been his first choice for a partner. Getting paid to draw was
exactly what he was looking for. And if her campaign got fully funded, he would
have a publication credit to his name. Having experience like that would help
as he started his job hunt after graduation. “Bring it by. I’ll take a look.”
Her face lit up almost as brightly
as when she’d tried to convince him that Batman was better than Iron Man.
“Excellent.” She reached into her messenger bag and pulled out a purple folder.
“Here you go.”
He eyed the folder. “You were that
sure that I’d say yes?”
She winked at him. “I was cautiously
optimistic.”
AUTHOR BIO:
Shannyn is a former English teacher, who now works as a part-time editor while raising her three kids.
Even though she wrote from high school through college (mostly poetry), she'd never considered a career as an author. Writing fell by the wayside as she focused her energy on creating lesson plans and new and fabulous ways to torment her teen students. One group in particular dubbed her "The Torture Master," a title she carried into motherhood.
After the birth of baby number two, Shannyn resigned from teaching and fell in love with reading romance novels. She read so many books so quickly that her husband teased, "If you're going to read so many damn books, why don't you just write one?"
So she did. And she hasn't looked back since.
She is recovering from her Diet Coke addiction, fears putting her foot in her mouth on social media, and has a renewed appreciation for the bad girls of the world.
Shannyn is represented by Frances Black and Jennifer Mishler of Literary Counsel. Her debut, More Than This, will be released by eKensington on January 3, 2013.
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