In Chicago! But beyond thinking she looks great, Cassie also has to feel it. To bring her vision fully to life for the photo shoot in question she has to pose, scantily clad, outside… in winter. But though she’s used to calling the shots on set and aside from goofing off with her friends, she hasn’t been a model. It was important to me that Cassie didn’t just practice body positivity, but body acceptance.

And when she has to model dreamy lingerie in front of Reid Montgomery, a fellow photographer with a bit of a bad boy reputation, Cassie isn’t insecure about how she’s going to look, she’s worried about doing a good job in a situation she wasn’t anticipating. She makes her clients feel comfortable and powerful and beautiful at their most vulnerable. Now, Cassie has experience with lingerie photography she’s the owner of Buxom Boudoir, Chicago’s premiere boudoir and pinup photography studio. Because it’s not just any old photo shoot she’s now starring in… It’s a sexy lingerie ad campaign. But Cassie knows from the start that she’s the best and she deserves to be respected for the job she’s been hired to do.īut when that job morphs from being the photographer to the photographed? Even Cassie, a confident woman who loves her body and curves, has her doubts. The fact is that other people-other characters on page, even-discount Cassie because she’s a plus size Black woman business owner trying to catch her big break to take her career and boudoir photography studio to the next level. It didn’t matter what she looked like, how she wore her hair, or what the world perceived her to be… Cassie Harris was going to love herself and know her worth. I knew when I first started writing The Accidental Pinup that I wanted the heroine of this book to be confident. By Danielle Jackson, author of The Accidental Pinup

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