Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa SussmanThen. Twentysomething writer Chani Horowitz is stuck. While her former MFA classmates are nabbing book deals, she's in the trenches writing puff pieces. Then she's hired to write a profile of movie star Gabe Parker. The Gabe Parker her forever celebrity crush, the object of her fantasies, the background photo on her phone who's also just been cast as the new James Bond. It's terrifying and thrilling all at once yet if she can keep her cool and nail

Some might say she’s thrown her life away

and I’m not about to start

I can’t even post a photo on social media without him warning me it’s not safe

in a world where story is reality and illusion is truth

life a desperate struggle against starvation

The deeper she ventures into la Sombra’s secrets

Aided by her bodyguard

her professors and the brooding heirs to the underworld

she smiles

he quickly learns that he isn’t the only student keeping a secret

Eight years behind bars changes a person - costs them too much time with too many of the people who need them most

perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Kerri Maniscalco