When another scandal lands him in major hot water, and costs Lauren her job, Alex becomes determined to keep his impossibly stubborn and extremely endearing minder in his life any way he can. But the more time she spends with Alex, the harder it is to hold on to her professionalism, and her heart. Compared to her previous work, watching over a handsome but impulsive actor shouldn’t be especially difficult. When all that reckless emotion explodes into a bar fight, the tabloids and public agree: his star is falling.Įnter Lauren, the former therapist hired to keep him in line. But the showrunners have wrecked his character, he’s hounded by old demons and his future remains uncertain.

A starring role on the biggest show on TV. They see beyond the surface image, and truly love the person, although, as April says of Marcus, “Doesn’t hurt that he’s the prettiest man I’ve ever met.” It’s obvious that Marcus and April truly love each other. However, there are deep issues in the story, issues of fat- and body-shaming, dyslexia, and parent-child relationships. Like any romantic comedy, this one gets a little messy at times, and both characters hurt each other. But, because of worries about his career, he doesn’t have the courage to tell her he writes fanfic and he knows her fanfic identity.

It’s only over dinner that he realizes she’s Ulsie, his best friend from the site. It’s Marcus who hates the fat-shaming, and he publicly invites April on a date, not knowing that she’s his best friend online, not knowing who she is. April’s confident in herself, though, and she expects what happens there, lots of ugly comments and fat-shaming when people see her body in her Lavinia costume. Now that she’s moving to a new job in Berkley, she finally has the courage to post a picture of herself on social media in her cosplay costume as Lavinia. As a consultant, she tries to maintain a low profile. Marcus helped build the server for the Lavinia fanfic community, and spends much of his time communicating with his best friend there, Unapologetic Lavinia Stan (Ulsie).Īpril Whittier is a geologist who has hidden her identity and work on the fanfic site from her co-workers. He also writes fanfiction under the name Book!AeneasWouldNever where he can voice his frustration at the direction the TV show took after it continued where the books in the series left off. Although it was sometimes difficult to understand some of the fanfiction, the two main characters and the story itself were delightful.įor seven years, Marcus Caster-Rupp has played Aeneas in the world-wide TV hit, “Gods of the Gate”. Olivia Dade’s debut romantic comedy, Spoiler Alert, is based in the world of fanfiction.

Spoiler alert by olivia dade