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"I’ve seen your in-box, Easton It’s not so full you can’t ith Sutherlin while you tie up loose ends around here Don’t tell me you don’t have the time e both know you just don’t have the inclination"

"Fine I don’t have the tiood erotica, if there is such an animal I’m not the only editor here Give it to Thomas Finley" Zach naiven hiie Clark even"

"Finley? That pansy? He’d make a pass at Sutherlin, and she’d eat him alive If you punched hiht"

Zach nearly laughed in agree with JP

"Then what about Angie Clark?"

"She’s too busy right now Besides…"

"Besides what?" Zach demanded

"Clark’s afraid of her"

"Can’t say I blarown men practically whisper her name at parties The rumor is she slept her way to her first book deal"

"I’ve heard that rumor, too But she hasn’t slept her way to this one Unfortunately," JP said with a playful grin

"I read on Rachel Bell’s blog that she never leaves the house in any other color than red She said Sutherlin’s got a sixteen-year-old boy working as her personal assistant"

JP smiled at him "I believe she prefers ‘intern’ to ‘personal assistant’"

Zach nearly choked on his own frustration He’d been ready to leave for the evening, even had his coat on, when some demon voice in his head told him to check his work e hi erotica writer Nora Sutherlin and her latest book for their big fall/winter release And since Zach didn’t have much to occupy him until he left for LA in a feeeks…

"I need you to do this for me You and no one else," JP said

"Why am I the only one who can handle her?"

"Handle her?" JP practically chortled the words before turning serious "Listen to me--no one handles Nora Sutherlin No, you’re just the only one I’ve got who can keep up with her Easton…Zach Hear ned hi indeed when John-Paul Bonner called anyone by his first name

"She writes romances, JP," Zach said quietly "I hate romances"

JP h hell this past year I’ve met your Grace, reood We need her"

Zach took a slow, deep breath

"Has she signed the contract yet?" Zach asked