NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A small-town sweetheart and an emotionally unavailable bad boy try
to find some common ground in this chemistry-filled romance from the author of The Cheat Sheet
and When in Rome. Annie Walker is on a quest to find her perfect match—someone who complements
her happy quiet life running the local flower shop in Rome Kentucky. But finding her dream
man may be harder than Annie imagined. Everyone knows everyone in her hometown and the dating
prospects are getting fewer by the day. After she overhears her latest date say she is so
unbelievably boring ” Annie starts to think the problem might be her. Is it too late to become
flirtatious and fun like the leading ladies in her favorite romance movies? Maybe she only
needs a little practice . . . and Annie has the perfect person in mind to be her tutor: Will
Griffin. Will—the sexy tattooed and absolutely gorgeous bodyguard—is temporarily back in
Rome providing security for Amelia Rose as excitement builds for her upcoming marriage to Noah
Walker Annie’s brother. He has one personal objective while on the job: stay away from Annie
Walker and any other possible attachments to this sleepy town. But no sooner than he gets
settled Will finds himself tasked with helping Annie find the love of her life by becoming the
next leading lady of Rome Kentucky. Will wants no part in changing the sweet and lovely Annie.
He knows for a fact that some stuffy straitlaced guy won’t make her happy but he doesn’t have
the heart to say no. Amid steamy practice dates and strictly educational” tutoring lessons
Annie discovers there are more layers to Will’s usual stoic attitude. As the lines of their
friendship become dangerously blurred Annie reconsiders her dream guy. Maybe her love life
doesn’t need to be perfect—it just needs to be real.
