My Sort-of, Kind-of Hero

Etty Lawrence is a bestselling romance author. At least - she would be if she could just get someone to read her books. Apparently, Amazon doesn?t consider the 500 books purchased by your mother to be ?bestseller? material. When Etty?s given some simple advice from a friend ? write what you know ? she takes it to heart. But she?s never been in love before, and she doesn?t really have time to fall in love and write a novel at the same time. So, she convinces her slightly unwilling lifelong friend, Travis, to let her follow him around and witness real love, first hand. A third person memoir, if you will. Travis is the perfect hero for her story: he?s funny, smart, and good looking; only there?s one problem. He says all the wrong things. Does any girl really want to talk about the NHL trades? And his jokes would make a kindergarten class roll their eyes. But the worst part is, Travis?s dates laugh at his corny jokes; the jokes he told Etty first. They touch his sweater; the sweater Etty bought him. And the way these women swoon and gush over him?they obviously aren?t leading lady material. Now Etty has to take this love thing into her own hands if she has any hope of writing a bestseller that people other than her mother will buy.