Chapter 3

A seven-figure deal that found its inception during a frustrated author’s drunken whim? The American dream come true…

But never in Paige’s wildest fantasies had she ever envisioned vocalizing to strangers the purple prose she had typed several years earlier in the privacy of her home. Had she been able to predict the success that would result from her half-hearted foray into erotica writing, she might have prepared herself better, or at least, toned down the language. Ironic, she thought, since the crude language is what had helped catapult “Antionette” to fame.

“Miss Pope?” asked another would-be writer, scooping up her notebook, capping her pen, and burrowing into Paige’s musings. “When does the next book in the series come out?”

“In a few months, if my publisher holds true to its promise.”