Things were going well for Justin. His first novel was a big success, and then he and his friend Marty were developing a new TV series for the online DVD rental company NetRent. All of that comes crashing down though when a scandal from his past is exposed, and he’s forced to go into seclusion. Five years later, after he’s rebuilt his career, he has an opportunity to make a movie called A Girl and a Gun with famous romantic comedy actress Evie Newcastle. This could be the project that takes his career to the next level—or the one that ruins him, as the notoriously difficult Evie becomes a constant source of stress, pinning all her hopes that this movie will be the one that takes her out of the Rom Com typecasting she’s been stuck in her whole career.

The first book in The Authors Cycle, A Girl and a Gun looks at fame and success in the 21st century, in particular in the character of Justin, who portrays himself as a simple Mainer just going with the flow, but maybe isn’t as self-aware and down-to-earth as he thinks.