Cupid's Arrow — Jianne Carlo

Eli's got the world by the short and curlies. Top salesperson for the hippest graphic technology company on the planet, starlets pursue him, directors court him, the rich and powerful befriend him. Then his boss hires the animation talent of the century, a pint-sized nymph, and he's flabbergasted by his reaction to her.

Stephanie falls in crush with Eli the day they meet. He's everything she's not, popular, charismatic, and sexier than any Hollywood hunk. Years of sickness and chemo leaves her uncomfortable with her peers and buff guys like Eli, and when he flirts with every woman except her, jealousy and insecurity make her angry and hostile.

They go toe to toe on every project, and both say things they regret, until finally they hook up with disastrous results. Convinced he ‘nailed' her because of a dare, Stephanie refuses to have any contact with him afterward, but she still yearns for him.

Stephanie and Eli end up together alone on a PR tour for the company's first animated release, a movie set to be the next family-oriented blockbuster. The ‘morning after' the original imprints of Valentine Voodoo disappear, and the primary suspect is Eli.

Has he used her to establish an alibi?