Dating Detention

Allegra Tooney, a smart-mouthed feminist with a lust for lists and a fashion black thumb, wants to find true love, but all she seems to turn up are liars, gropers, and momma’s boys, until she learns that sometimes princes come in unexpected packages.Allegra’s well-ordered life is a disappointing job—her students think the Trojan War was when the clinic ran out of free condoms; disastrous love life—“kill or be killed” defines her dating attitude; outdated look—resembling the Goodwill discard bin circa 1994.Tired of being alone and frumpy, Allegra enlists the help of her levelheaded best friend and her exasperating brother, embarking on a dating adventure with some surprising and hilarious twists--a boob-obsessed accountant and a race-car loving momma’s boy, for starters. Along the way, she finds unexpected help from Brock (a sullen student convinced Allegra’s a lesbian) and Lindon (the sexy, teasing coach drawn to Allegra’s prickly personality). Although she meets the perfect man in Paul, a poet who sweeps her off her feet, she can’t forget Lindon or the all-over tingling their bantering induces.Caught in the conundrum of head versus heart, Allegra must choose between the man of her dreams and the man she wants in her bed.