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ON THE PLUS SIDE
A heartfelt and hilarious rom-com about the newest star of a plus-size make-over show as she tries - and fails - not to catch feelings for her cameraman on national TV.
After a painfully public break-up her senior year in college, Everly Winters is perfectly happy to navigate post-grad life like a good neutral paint color: appreciated but unnoticed. That's why she refuses to apply for her dream job as a graphic designer, why she hides behind an anonymous username on the online forums for her favorite make-over show, ON THE PLUS SIDE, and why she's crushing so hard on her forever-unattainable co-worker. When no one notices you, they can't break your heart or insist that you're too much.
This plan is working perfectly until someone secretly nominates Everly for the next season of ON THE PLUS SIDE. Overwhelmed by the fast-paced production schedule and the show's trio of hosts, she finds comfort in grumpy but honest cameraman Logan Samuel (and his supremely well-sculpted arms). Soon Everly realizes that he's someone she doesn't mind being noticed by. In fact, she might even like it.
But when their growing connection is accidentally caught on camera, it sends the show's ratings into a frenzy. Overcoming her own self-doubt and embracing change on national TV is hard enough; can Everly risk another heartbreak with the whole world watching?
Jenny L. Howe is a professor of writing and literature at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, where she teaches courses that focus on the representation of bodies and identities in children's media. Her academic writing has been published in Young Adult Literature in the Composition Classroom: Essays on Practical Applications (MacFarland Press, 2018). She is the author of three romantic comedies for adults, published by St. Martin's Press: The Make-Up Test (September 2022), On the Plus Side (December 2023), and How to Get a Life in Ten Dates (2024). Her debut young adult novel, Love at Full Tilt, will be published by Delacorte in 2025. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and the "excellent ears club" - i.e. their two rescue dogs, Tucker and Dale.
This plan is working perfectly until someone secretly nominates Everly for the next season of ON THE PLUS SIDE. Overwhelmed by the fast-paced production schedule and the show's trio of hosts, she finds comfort in grumpy but honest cameraman Logan Samuel (and his supremely well-sculpted arms). Soon Everly realizes that he's someone she doesn't mind being noticed by. In fact, she might even like it.
But when their growing connection is accidentally caught on camera, it sends the show's ratings into a frenzy. Overcoming her own self-doubt and embracing change on national TV is hard enough; can Everly risk another heartbreak with the whole world watching?
Jenny L. Howe is a professor of writing and literature at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, where she teaches courses that focus on the representation of bodies and identities in children's media. Her academic writing has been published in Young Adult Literature in the Composition Classroom: Essays on Practical Applications (MacFarland Press, 2018). She is the author of three romantic comedies for adults, published by St. Martin's Press: The Make-Up Test (September 2022), On the Plus Side (December 2023), and How to Get a Life in Ten Dates (2024). Her debut young adult novel, Love at Full Tilt, will be published by Delacorte in 2025. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and the "excellent ears club" - i.e. their two rescue dogs, Tucker and Dale.
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