Author(s): Ramsey Hootman

General

A tender, cheer-inducing debut novel about two lonely people who don't believe in romance, but who finally decide to give love a chance.

Samuel is a computer genius who's just left his high-paying job to teach programing to high schoolers. Greta is the tough, sarcastic gym coach who no kid dares to mock--at least within hearing. He's a former jock who's now dependent on crutches and a wheelchair; she's bigger and stronger and more alpha than him in every way--with a secret love of Jane Austen and Regency romance novels.

Samuel only asks Greta out to prove he's got the guts. When she accepts, he's out of his depth. All he knows is that he'll do whatever it takes to keep her as long as he can. Pretend he's got his class under control? Easy. Attend her team's games? Sure. Humiliate himself in front of six hundred teenagers? No problem. Be vulnerable enough to admit why he ditched his programming career for teaching? Well...that would require honesty. And if there's one thing Samuel can't exist without, it's the lies he tells himself...until the possibility of love offers him a far bigger and happier world.

Poignant, quirky, and heart-tugging, this is an emotionally satisfying read about two lost souls who discover that love can blossom in the most unexpected places.