Emma Kaplan is showrunner Jo Jones's excellent assistant. We never learn exactly what their age difference is, but I'm guessing about 15 years. Anyway, when Jo takes Emma to a red carpet event, and there's an intimacy to them (that they don't even recognize), the tabloids deem them a couple. Neither is closeted, though neither's sexuality is known to the other. Jo famously doesn't discuss her sex life, and Emma is...an assistant, so who cares. Turns out...they might? It takes a long time for this romance to unfold, and the side characters (Emma's sister Avery and Jo's BFF Evelyn) are more interesting than the leads. It's still a fine read.