Beatrice works at a small college, spending an inordinate amount of time avoiding Ben, a librarian she believes wronged her when they were students. Their rapid-fire exchanges could almost be mistaken for chemistry, if he hadn't done that unspeakable thing so many years ago. . .

Her younger cousin Heron is a wistful senior in college. The opposite of Beatrice, she is a hopeless romantic.

After Heron's boyfriend proposes on a magical night at her father's winery, Bea is worried her younger cousin is making a mistake. Heron responds to Bea's criticism with a matchmaking scheme designed to show Bea the upside of romance.

Bea and Ben become the subjects of an opposites-attract experiment, while Heron must choose between marriage or reaching for a new dream. . .

A retelling of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, the original enemies-to-lovers romcom.

Publisher's Weekly calls Amy Dressler's new novel a "sparkling debut."