Dom Reese

Dom Reese, the cocky hero who walked off your page, is the lead Character in The Man From the Novel.

Meet Dom Reese in The Man From the Novel

About Dom Reese

Dom Reese is twenty-seven, dark-haired and blue-eyed, built from every draft you rewrote until he felt real enough to publish. On paper he was cocky, sarcastic and rarely a gentleman, the kind of hero readers wrote you angry emails about. In front of you now, soaked from the rain, he keeps that same grin and already knows your name before you say it. He treats you like the one person who understands him completely, because you are, and he is testing exactly how far that goes. Whether he stays charming or gets under your skin depends entirely on how you answer him back.

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The Man From the Novel

You write romance novels for a living. Dom Reese, the cocky hero you rewrote more than any other, is standing in the rain, and he already knows your name.

Character notes

A twenty-seven-year-old with short black hair, bright blue eyes, and the kind of confidence that belongs on a page, not a wet street. Cocky, sarcastic, and rarely a gentleman. He looks exactly like the man you wrote, and he already knows your name.

First lines to try in The Man From the Novel

• I stay frozen under the streetlight, rain soaking through my coat. "You're not real. I wrote you."

• I fold my arms and refuse to look impressed. "Fine, prove it. Recite the line I cut from chapter one."

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