In between the meet-cute, quippy banter, and red-hot sexual chemistry, Cochrun also offers readers a thoughtful and caring exploration of gay love and the mental health struggles people with social anxiety and depression deal with every day.” - Booklist (starred review)

“Cochrun’s polished, smart, and delightful debut romance delivers all the quintessential feel-good moments of a great romcom. To quote a former Bachelorette, she did the damn thing. “Alison Cochrun’s debut is a gift, as fizzy and intoxicating as the champagne they ply reality dating contestants with… Charm Offensive is wondrous-a heart-in-your-throat romance that pulls you intractably into its orbit… Cochrun makes her debut with this title, but she proves amply to romance lovers that she's here for the right reasons. But even reality TV has a script, and in order to find to happily ever after, they’ll have to reconsider whose love story gets told. Behind the scenes, he’s cold, awkward, and emotionally closed-off.Īs Dev fights to get Charlie to connect with the contestants on a whirlwind, worldwide tour, they begin to open up to each other, and Charlie realizes he has better chemistry with Dev than with any of his female co-stars. In front of the cameras, he’s a stiff, anxious mess with no idea how to date twenty women on national television. He doesn’t believe in true love, and only agreed to the show as a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate his image. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.Ĭharlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming Ever After expects. As the most successful producer in the franchise’s history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. In this witty and heartwarming romantic comedy-reminiscent of Red, White & Royal Blue and One to Watch-an awkward tech wunderkind on a reality dating show goes off-script when sparks fly with his producer.ĭev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. “ The Charm Offensive will sweep you off your feet.” -PopSugar A MOST ANTICIPATED ROM-COM SELECTED BY * BUZZFEED * LGBTQ READS * BUSTLE * THE NERD DAILY * ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT * FROLIC MEDIA * AND MORE!Ī BEST BOOK PICK BY * HARPER’S BAZAAR * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

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