The Charm Offensive
Book Feature - The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
HBL Note: The Bachelor meets Red, White & Royal Blue, that is how Alison Cochrun’s debut novel (!!!) is being described and I am here. for. it. I’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of this novel, and I’m so excited that it is finally available! This charming romcom, representing queer characters, is about an awkward tech genius who falls for the producer of his show. This is the inclusive, feel-good novel we all need right now. Scroll down to read more about THE CHARM OFFENSIVE by Alison Cochrun.
From the publisher:
Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. As the most successful producer in the franchise’s history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.
Charlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming Ever After expects. He doesn’t believe in true love, and only agreed to the show as a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate his image. In front of the cameras, he’s a stiff, anxious mess with no idea how to date twenty women on national television. Behind the scenes, he’s cold, awkward, and emotionally closed-off.
As Dev fights to get Charlie to connect with the contestants on a whirlwind, worldwide tour, they begin to open up to each other, and Charlie realizes he has better chemistry with Dev than with any of his female co-stars. But even reality TV has a script, and in order to find to happily ever after, they’ll have to reconsider whose love story gets told.