Love Is an Art

<p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He hates lawyers. So I'm a lawyer pretending to be an artist. Forgetting one tiny detail: I can't paint.</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Tessa</em>: There's something about the way the blond guy laughs and leans in to listen. My gaze keeps returning to him.</p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The only problem is we're at an art gallery after work and I've swapped my lawyer suit for a paint-splattered shirt. I'm pretending to be a struggling artist acting as bait to entice a scammer who conned my friend out of thousands of dollars.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>I look pathetic. But still I approach Hot Guy.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Our glances meet and an awareness shimmers across. He offers to buy me a drink</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>--</span><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>we're definitely flirting</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>--</span><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>and then he asks me what I do. </span></p><p>Just when Scammer Guy is in earshot.</p><p>I have no choice but to say I'm an artist. I can tell Hot Guy later that I'm not.</p><p>But then he says he <em>hates</em> lawyers.</p><p>Now what? </p><p><em>Zeke</em>: She's the worst artist I've ever seen. </p><p>And I hate that that makes me suspect that she's lying to me. After my ex-girlfriend cheated on me trust is in short supply. </p><p>Tessa makes me laugh and it's one adventure after another with her. Definitely different from my workaholic lawyer ex.</p><p>Maybe it's time to give love a second chance.</p><p><em>All is fair in love and litigation but when truth and deception clash can you trust your heart?</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>*The rom-com books in this series are interconnected standalones set in the same world. Each can be read as a pure standalone with a guaranteed happily ever after.</span></p>