Text Appeal
A Novel
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- 139,00 kr
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- 139,00 kr
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STEM gets steamy when a coder takes up sexting to pay the bills in this daring debut novel, perfect for fans of Olivia Dade and Kate Stayman-London.
As the only woman programmer at her firm, Lark is thrilled to land an account for a huge client. But her dream job quickly becomes a nightmare when she accidentally projects a scandalous (and completely unsolicited) picture from her phone onto the screen during a presentation. Before she can recover, her coworkers jump in to steal the account, leaving Lark jobless and broke.
When a friend suggests text message–based sex work as a stopgap between jobs, Lark is dubious. She's all about sex positivity, but carrying out sexual fantasies—even digitally and anonymously—with complete strangers is daunting. How will she explain how she’s earning a living—especially to Toby, her good friend and longtime hopeless crush?
Still, she needs the money, and after a few (embarrassing and hilarious) false starts, she actually starts to like sexting—especially with one particularly charming and nerdy client who keeps popping up in her DMs. But as Lark and Toby grow closer, she finds herself with a decision to make: tell Toby she’s a sex worker—and try to forget the anonymous client who has her struggling to separate work from real feelings—or keep the secrets that are piling up in her inbox.
Sure to appeal to readers of Helen Hoang and Jen DeLuca, Amber Roberts’s Text Appeal celebrates women in STEM, friends becoming lovers, and finding lasting love in the digital age.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Roberts debuts with an enormously satisfying friends-to-lovers tale with a You've Got Mail twist. Coder Lark Taylor has long had romantic feelings for her artist friend Toby Evans, but is too cautious to make the first move. After a tech snafu leads to Lark inadvertently displaying a dick pic at a work presentation, she loses her job—and since Burlington, Vt., isn't exactly the tech capital of the world, her outrageous bestie, Teagan, convinces her to take on texting-based sex work while she searches for a new position. Lark reluctantly agrees and, between the crass and absurd requests from clients, forms a genuinely sweet text-based relationship with shy repeat customer CosmicKismet. But when Toby and Lark cautiously move toward a romantic relationship IRL, CosmicKismet drops a bombshell revelation that may break the couple apart forever. Roberts makes it easy to fall in love with Lark and Toby through peppy prose and thoughtful conversation. The charming supporting cast (especially sex-positive Teagan) and some moments of awkward hilarity add to the fun. Fans of the two-person love triangle trope will devour this sweet and spicy tale.
