A Coastal Crush (SUNKISSED SUMMER NOVELLAS #2) by Katie Nelson EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Katie Nelson
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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Chloe
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’VE wanted something your whole life, finally
do it, and feel incredible—like you’re on top of the world? I haven’t
experienced that yet, but I’m hoping I’m about to.
I just handed my boss Linda Ricci, Senior Editor at Mountain View Press,
the manuscript I spent the last three years perfecting. I’ve been working up
the courage to show it to her for months.
The sunlight illuminates Linda’s regal facial features as she reclines in her
high back, leather office chair. Linda could easily be a covergirl in her
sixties. She’s always dressed in stylish, professional power suits and never
has a speck of makeup out of place.
Since becoming Linda’s editorial assistant, I’ve often pictured myself as
Anne Hathway in Devil Wears Prada. Linda isn’t as cruel as Meryl Streep’s
character, but she can certainly be as demanding.
In a power move that I can only assume is to create an impersonal
distance, she calls everyone by their last name. My name’s Chloe Reid, but
from Linda you’ll only ever hear, “Reid!”
She says everything in a perky, down-to-business way. For example, when
I arrived at the office today she told me, “Good morning Reid! Can’t wait to
see five chapters of that manuscript all polished up by noon and not a
minute after!” She’s sneaky like that. Her tone doesn’t necessarily match
her words.
My toes are tingling as I scrutinize her every movement. Linda’s eyes are
scanning the bottom of the first page, and just as she begins to turn to the
next one…she lets my manuscript close.
“Reid, darling,” she says with a sparkling smile. “This plot has potential,
but your characters have the charisma of wet chalk. There’s no emotional
depth to make me buy in.”
My heart drops. “But, but you only read the first page.”
She plops my manuscript down like a dead fish and leans forward with
her elbows on her shiny mahogany desk. “I’ve been doing this for thirty
years. One page is all it takes.”
Blinking back tears, I reach for my decimated dream. I cannot let my
emotions spill out—especially here.
Linda hands it to me, but doesn’t let go when I grab it. “Reid, writers need
life experiences that are raw and challenging. You’re too sweet for that.
You’re an editor. Stay in your lane and don’t waste your time trying to be an
author, okay? Trust me, it’ll save you a ton of heartache.”
She lets go of my manuscript and I give her a silent nod. My body feels
numb.
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