Sketching Heroes: Romance Video Game, #3

By Chrissy Wissler

When Cheryl, a quirky and fun video game artist, answers a summons from her boss she expects a pink slip. The intern and the exploding toilet, the stapler incident with fellow artist, Eric. Most of the pranks, her fault.

Mostly.

But instead of firing her, both Cheryl and Eric receive a new assignment: creating the hero concept art for the first ever romance video game. A chance she never dreamed of—or dared hope for.

At least, if she and Eric find a way to work together... leaving the jokes, and pranks, behind.

A sweet story of heroes and heroines, and the artists who dream them up. "Sketching Heroes," the next short story in the popular Romance Video Game series.

"If you like sports novels, you'll like this—even if you don't like romance. If you like romance, you'll like this—even if you don't like sports novels. Wonderful book, chockfull of unexpected surprises." —Kristine Kathryn Rusch, USA TodayBestselling Author, on Home Run

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blue Cedar Publishing
• Release date: Oct 16, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386705321

Chrissy Wissler

Chrissy’s short fiction has appeared in the anthologies: Fiction River: Risk-Takers, Fiction River Presents: Legacies, Fiction River Presents: Readers' Choice, Deep Magic, and When Dreams Come True (writing as Christen Anne Kelley). She writes fantasy and science fiction, as well as a softball, contemporary series for both romance and young adult (Little League Series and Home Run). Before turning to fiction, Chrissy also wrote many nonfiction articles for publications such as Montana Outdoors, Women in the Outdoors, and Jakes Magazine. In 2009, Inside Kung Fu magazine awarded her with their ‘Writer of the Year’ award. Follow her blog on being a parent-writer at Parents and Prose.

Book preview

Sketching Heroes

Sketching Heroes

A Romance Video Game Story

Chrissy Wissler

Blue Cedar Publishing

Contents

Sketching Heroes

Open your Heart. Make a Wish.

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About the Author

Sketching Heroes

One look at Mark, and his slumped shoulders, baggy eyes, shirt slightly wrinkled around the collar, and she knew this was it. He was going to fire her.

Cheryl slipped into Mark's office, carefully closing the door behind her, though it was more to buy herself time to calm down. She hadn't done anything wrong—not this week anyway.

You, uh, asked to see me, sir?

Mark, their CEO and Creative Director, didn't ask to see anyone. Not unless it was important and she'd never, ever seen him without a tie. None of which added up to good news for her.

He barely glanced up, too busy rubbing his forehead. Yeah, have a seat.

The dreaded seat offer. Shit.

Cheryl crossed the room in two strides, hoping to appear collected and in control, professional even. Of course, her Lord of the Rings T-shirt and pink, sparkly flip-flops didn't quite fit with that image.

But then, he wasn't quite up to par either and she could barely see over the stacks of paperwork towering on his desk, which was saying something for a girl as tall as her.

If this is about that intern in Q.A. last week, I wasn't the one who told him about the exploding toilet in the upstairs bathroom.

Mark ceased his rubbing. Blinked once. Ah, no. That's not why I called you here.

Oh. Well, shit. Then why did he call her in? Or did he want to see her a nervous wreck?

She was ready to ask when the door knocked again, and before Mark said anything, Eric ducked in. Though nearly as tall as Cheryl, Eric had an air about him making him seem bigger than he appeared.

Or it could be the fact that he seemed to walk into everything and didn't know just how big he was. He banged his foot into her chair, smacked the stapler on Mark's desk which headed towards the paper towers