Culture Shock

By: Piper Collins

Narrated by: Cailyn Bell

What happens when two opposites collide? The resounding repercussion is the true definition of culture shock.

Lucy Leighton currently had no clients lined up. What she did have was the knowledge of being well versed in all things trendy—being a freelance wedding and elopement photographer meant that new styles, colors and popular fads were all novelties that were in her wheelhouse. When she is summoned to help aid her sister at San Diego Comic-Con though, Lucy is thrown into a world where the latest fashion tides are replaced with a foreign comicverse. And she’s in way over her head.

After an uncomfortable confrontation with a deranged cosplayer, Lucy strikes up a wordy and flirty conversation with the handsome man that came to her rescue. It matters not that he happens to be Velram Comic’s hottest A-list celebrity—Lucy is clueless to the fact. Jake Stanley may be at the top of his career, but coming face to face with someone who doesn’t recognize him is a rarity these days—and also 100% refreshing.

Learning of Jake’s identity after the fact, Lucy shrugs it off. It’s not like she’ll ever see him again. That is, until her sister signs her up for a photography gig on the upcoming six-week Velcon Comic Circuit. Having to stare at his gorgeous mug for eight hours would be all in a day’s work, right? The carefree commitment-phobe and the dashing mega star are smitten immediately. But just as Jake begins to imagine a future with Lucy, their whirlwind romance comes to a screeching halt, leaving the two wondering what went wrong.

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