Binge-Worthy Romantic Comedy: Read an Extract from Here For The Right Reasons by Jodi McAlister

Binge-Worthy Romantic Comedy: Read an Extract from Here For The Right Reasons by Jodi McAlister

‘Okay, Cece,’ Murray said to me. ‘We just need to get a few talking-head shots.’

I nodded, shifting around in my chair as I tried to find a comfortable way to sit. The black dress they’d given me for the First Night Party was gorgeous, but the skirt was all tulle and it was itchy as hell.

‘Are you all right?’

‘I’m fine,’ I answered. I hoped the dress wouldn’t show sweat on camera. It was unbelievably hot under the bright lights of the improvised studio.

‘Then sit still. You’re going to look like you’re lying or you really need to pee. Neither is going to look good on TV.’

I sat still. Murray had one of those voices that you obeyed instinctively. He reminded me of a foster mother I’d had for a while as a kid. She’d been nice (if you were grading on a curve, anyway), but if she wanted you to do something, you did it.

‘Okay,’ Murray said. ‘Here we go. Remember to answer in full sentences. The audience isn’t going to hear my question, only your answer.’

‘Okay.’

‘Why did you come on Marry Me, Juliet, Cece?’

This was it.

I took a quick breath, and then I smiled the smile I usually reserved for especially difficult customers. ‘I came on Marry Me, Juliet for one reason,’ I said. ‘To find true love…

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      Publisher details

      Here for the Right Reasons
      Author
      Jodi McAlister
      Publisher
      Simon and Schuster
      Genre
      Fiction
      Released
      06 July, 2022
      ISBN
      9781761104961

      Synopsis

      A hilarious and heart-warming romantic comedy that examines how the unlikeliest of loves can bloom in – well, the most likely of places. Perfect for fans of The Hating Game and The Spanish Love Deception.

      When Cece James agrees to be cast as a ‘Juliet’ on the next season of the hit television show Marry Me, Juliet, it’s certainly not for the right reasons. She’s knee deep in debt and desperate for the associated paycheck. The last thing on her mind is the hunky ‘Romeo’ waiting for her at the end of the gravel driveway.

      But Dylan Jayasinghe Mellor isn’t your usual fame-hungry TV star. An Olympic gold medallist with calloused hands, kind eyes and a propensity for panic attacks, it turns out he’s not here for the right reasons either. As spokesperson for a men’s mental health foundation, and the franchise’s first non-white male lead, Dylan’s got a charity to plug and something to prove.

      When Cece gets eliminated on the first night, it seems like her and Dylan’s awkward first meeting will be their last conversation. But when the TV set is shut down unexpectedly, Cece and Dylan suddenly get a little more time together than they’d expected.

      Jodi McAlister
      About the author

      Jodi McAlister

      Jodi is an author and academic from Kiama, a seaside holiday town on the south coast of New South Wales. She is a literary historian, and her PhD was awarded by Macquarie University in 2015. She is currently a lecturer in English at the University of Tasmania. Her academic work focuses on the history of love, sex, women and girls, popular culture and literatures. It means that reading romance novels and watching The Bachelor is technically work for her. You can find Jodi on Twitter at @JodiMcA, where she tweets regularly about her research, her writing, cool things she finds interesting, her hero worship of Kate Bush, and rainbows outside her office window.

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