Pawfect Partners - Table of Contents

A serial YA romcom

Nov 15, 2024

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This past summer, I struck a bargain with my teenager: if she did the weekly grocery shopping, I would write a YA rom-com. Since I rarely read romance, comedic or otherwise, this was an interesting experiment. After several weeks of hard work, I had a monstrosity of a first draft and infinitely more respect for romance novelists.

It’s definitely a first draft: lots of plot holes and bad dialogue and, since I don’t read/write romance much, it’s quite cringy! Feel free to laugh at the ridiculous nature of the writing. I have no intention of traditionally publishing it, but it seems a shame to let it languish on my laptop.

Blurb:

When ultra-competitive, high achieving Ava Barratt and Greyson Bertram meet, it’s not love at first sight. Sure, they’re both on the cross country team, excel in multiple honors classes, and love the rescued dogs at the local animal shelter where they both volunteer. But Greyson thinks Ava’s charm is fake; Ava thinks Greyson’s jokes are exasperating. Then the shelter falls into dire financial straits. Now they must work together to raise the funds to save the shelter before the crotchety landlord, Ava’s grandfather, forecloses on the property. Silliness, cliches, and first draft crappy writing abounds.

Start here: Chapter One: An Unappealing Meeting. Ava Barratt meets Greyson Bertram in a grocery store

Chapter 2: Dogs are better than people. Aren't dogs supposed to be good judges of people?

Chapter 3: Gossip and Gatorade Maggie spills the tea on Greyson. (That’s not literal tea, y’all. But if it were, it’d be good old-fashioned Southern sweet tea.)

Chapter 4: Old Pros Ava and Greyson learn that their beloved animal shelter might have to close, but Ava has a plan … and it involves Greyson, whether he wants it or not.

Chapter 5: Confidence Ava might be a little too sure of herself …

Chapter 6: The Barbeque: A game of Twister turns ... awkward

Chapter 7: Mushroom steaks: Ava has a little chat with her granddad

Chapter 8: Participation: Ava and Greyson's lab project doesn't go as planned

Chapter 9: PDA rocks!: And another crisis

Chapter 10: Go Get 'Em Ava: A cross country meet goes awry

Chapter 11: What Do I Want? A turning point for Ava and Greyson

Chapter 12: A Business Proposition: Texting

Chapter 13: She Won't Get the Better of Me: Running is easier than talking

Chapter 14: Warm Fuzzies: Wrestling with feelings

Chapter 15: Love Letters: The truth is usually easier

Chapter 16: The Perfect Girlfriend: Fake dating works (or does it?)