Hello and welcome to worst bestsellers, where we read about a tall grumpy man fake dating a small sunshine woman so you don't have to.

I'm Renata. And I'm Kate.

And for this episode, we read The Love Hypothesis by Allie Hazelwood. Joining us to discuss this

Star Wars fan fiction turned TikTok sensation is Dee Ernst, an author who has been self-published,

Amazon published, as well as traditionally published.

Lucy checks in. Her second book with St. Martin's Press will come out on August 16th.

She has written romantic comedy, women's fiction, cozy mystery, and Y.A. Fantasy.

Her 10-plus years of writing and publishing experience has taught her two things.

Whenever you think you've got things figured out, you don't.

And although it is about the love of writing, the money counts.

Hi, Dee.

Hi there, ladies.

How are you all?

Doing great.

Yes.

So, Dee, you've written a lot of stuff.

Have you ever written Star Wars fan fiction, though?

No.

I was writing fan fiction as a child, but I'm so old.

It was before Star Wars even existed.

So no.

I will say, though, as a huge Star Wars fan, I can sympathize, empathize, not necessarily with this product, but it's not there.

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