Excerpt of The Big, Not-So-Small, Curvy Girls Dating Agency by Ava Catori

“You seem a little nervous, just try to relax,” he grinned.
“This won’t hurt a bit.”

Reed adjusted the lighting and stood looking at the girl
through his lens. Something was off. He
couldn’t quite place it. Her shoulders were tense, her
jawline tight, and her hands were cinched
together desperately on her lap. This wouldn’t do, if she
couldn’t relax, the pictures wouldn’t
come out great.

Reed let his camera rest in his hands as he looked at the
girl. It’s like she was missing a spark.

Sure she was smiling, but she seemed awkward. Trying to
break the ice, Reed spoke. “Tell me
about your business, you mentioned something about dating?”

How could she say it was for fat chicks? She’d be mortified;
he wouldn’t understand! How could
he? He was an Adonis, and if she admitted it was for plus
size girls like her, she’d be outing
herself, and admitting out loud that she was fat. Who wants
to do that in front of a cute guy? It’s
not like he couldn’t see what she looked like, there was no
hiding that fact, but saying it out loud
felt overwhelming.