Tongue firmly in cheek

[girlyswot]

I have just downloaded this free Harlequin eBook:



From the blurb: Cutter Smith — code name: Slash — was told to keep the beautiful blonde in his sights. But as his interest in her veered from the professional to the intensely personal, Cutter knew the cost of falling in love would be high indeed. And he would have to pay the price….

Oh, joy unbounded. Though from the looks of the cover, poor old Cutter Slash hasn't so much had a falling out with a knife as a terrible, lifethreatening Photoshop accident.

ETA: On page 13 we read this helpful piece of dialogue and exposition:
“Uncle Nick will explain all, Slash.”
Gillian had assumed Cutter’s code designation was a play on his first name. He hadn’t disabused her.

So, um, is this not going where I expect it to be going? What else could Slash stand for? Answers on a postcard, please.

Comments

[moonette1.livejournal.com]

I think I'm obtuse today, but I'm not understanding some of this post. Is this a real story? Cutter Slash? Come on. And what do you mean by "Answers on a postcard, please." And (since I'm REALLY dense right now), what does that excerpt mean? LOL, help!

What is it with these free Harlequins? I downloaded one a week or two ago - His Lady Mistress - and though it started out okay, in the prologue, the hero started making me gag in the first chapter or two. Did you read that one? It seemed very forced. Are these real, formerly published books?

[alkari.livejournal.com]

* Cutter is actually an assassin. Instead of Zorro's "Z" he leaves his victims with a "C".

* Cutter and office equipment do not go together. The results are invariably bloody, literally.

* His grandmother's pet chihauhau met a nasty end when it nipped him while he was trimming her garden hedges.

* He thinks the name makes him sound more exciting.

[gabrielladusult.livejournal.com]

Isn't the obvious that Cutter writes Snape/Malfoy fanfic?

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Maybe he's secretly this Slash.

Actually, I bet you anything you like he has a twin brother who was psychologically scarred because his girlfriend dumped him for being late to their wedding (even though he was actually busy rescuing disabled orphans and puppies from a house fire), and together they answer to 'Slash and Burn'.