A music loving girl falls for the one guy who just can't hear her song . . .

The thirteen qualities of Robin’s Perfect Man range from the mildly important “Handsome” to the all-important “Great taste in music.” After all, Westfield’s best high school folk musician can’t go out with some schmuck who only listens to top 40 crap. So when hot Carter Paulson walks in the door of Robin’s diner, it looks like the list may have come to life after all . . . until she realizes he’s profoundly deaf.

Carter isn’t looking for a girlfriend. Especially not a hearing one. Not that he has anything against hearing girls, they just don’t speak the same language. But when the cute waitress at Grape Country Dairy makes an effort to talk with him, he takes her out on his yellow Ducati motorcycle.

Music, language, and culture all take a backseat as love drives the bike. But how long can this summer really last?

The author Laura Lee Anderson is a professional actress, writer, and urban youth mentor. She’s also done her share of waitressing—with a BA in Theatre there was really no way around it. She’s been interested in Deaf culture since third grade, when she taught her best friend and herself American Sign Language so they could talk during Library class. She also has a regular column at www.brocouncil.com, a Mark Cuban company that was recently named Pittsburgh’s best website by Pittsburgh Magazine.