About "Pride and Protest":
\nLiza B.
&mdash\;the only DJ who gives a jam&mdash\;wants to take her neighborhood
back from the soulless property developer dropping unaffordable condos on
every street corner in DC. But her planned protest at a corporate event ta
kes a turn after she mistakes the smoldering-hot CEO for the waitstaff. Wh
en they go toe-to-toe\, the sparks fly&mdash\;but her impossible-to-ignore
family thwarts her every move. Liza wants Dorsey Fitzgerald out of her ho
od\, but she&rsquo\;ll settle for getting him out of her head.
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At first\, Dorsey writes off Liza Bennett as more interested in&nbs
p\;performing \;outrage than acting on it. As the adopted Filipino son
of a wealthy white family\, he&rsquo\;s always felt a bit out of place an
d knows a fraud when he sees one. But when Liza&rsquo\;s protest results i
n a viral meme\, their lives are turned upside down\, and Dorsey comes to
realize this irresistible revolutionary is the most real woman he&rsquo\;s
ever met.
About Nikki Payne:
\nBy day\, Nikki Payne is a cu
rious \;Dr. of Anthropology \;in Big Tech. By night\, she dreams o
f ways to subvert canon literature. \;Inspired by the classics\, her r
omances \;turn expectations on their head and deliver social commentar
y \;for the hopeless romantic. Her debut novel \;Pride and Protest
\;was hailed "incandescent" \;by \;the \;Washington Post.
\; \;Her next novel \;Sex\, Lies\, and Sensibility \;is "
Schitt's Creek" meets "Insecure" and is \;equal parts hot and heartwar
ming. \;Nikki Payne is a \;member of Smut U\, a premium feminist w
riting collective\, and is a cat lady with no cats.
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