Melody Bryant has heard it all before. Sure, she’s the complete librarian stereotype. Loves order. Loves rules and deadlines. Loves books. But what she doesn’t love is still being a virgin at twenty-four. Unfortunately, the only guy she’s ever been interested in turned her down flat—and then left town. Eight. Years. Ago. Ugh.

Now her birthday is fast approaching, and she just can’t take it any longer. She’s finding a guy before her birthday in five weeks, or she’s adopting two more cats and fully embracing her life as That Weird Cat Lady.

But when her latest date ends in epic failure—everyone thinks of her as the “proper librarian”—Melody realizes she needs to ruin her reputation. And she knows the perfect guy to help her: the baddest bad boy in town. And this Army vet won't know what hit him...