His Dark Pseudonym by Autumn Lawrence-Barnette

*Signed, NSFW art, and sticker

Interconnected standalone with Someday Never Came

If the publishing industry has taught me anything, it’s that there’s a reason Romance is the fastest-growing category in fiction- because it's fiction.

Love, passion, true romance—call it whatever you want. It’s the one thing everyone craves but rarely finds. Romance is dead, which is why readers chase it through the pages of a multi-billion-dollar industry. At least, that’s what my cold, cynical heart believed. Until I met him. Correction: heard him.

I’ve never been so reluctantly drawn to anyone. Ryder Hawthorn—the arrogant, infuriating bastard that women and men alike adore all over social media—has quickly become the bane of my existence. He promotes his latest audiobook releases, thriving on his devilish good looks and velvet voice like he owns the room...taunting me as he does.

Fate must have a cruel sense of humor because his career has landed in the palm of my hand. Now, his success is tied to mine, and working with him feels like the universe’s biggest joke.

Ryder is everything I never wanted in a coworker, yet everything I needed to believe in for a partner. Could fiction become reality when it comes to this man?

Maybe. But admitting it? That just might kill me.