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A wickedly funny, fast-paced, clever and fresh novel that is Heartburn meets Bridget Jones’s Diary — catering to our insatiable appetites for food and romance, hilarity and heartbreak are dished out in equal measure.

Ruthie Cohen is realizing that data entry for a second-tier movie app is not remotely glamorous

or fulfilling. She spends her days thinking about the kickass meal she’s going to make for her besties Trish and Lilly while pining for Dean (sigh, Dean), her vacation fling from six months earlier. Could they have made it work in real life?

On top of that, Boobie Bobby Grace, Ruthie’s beloved and inspiring grandmother, passed away and left Ruthie an inheritance of $62,873.42, along with instructions on how to use it: “Follow your passion, Dollface.” Ruthie wants to do just that and spontaneously quits her job. During a prosecco-fueled night with her gal pals, Ruthie decides to turn her passion into a career and learn the art of French cooking, enrolling in culinary school, paying tuition, and buying her chef’s whites with one quick click online (she’s totally got this whole “follow your bliss” thing figured out). It’s not long before Ruthie marches into class… covered in V8 juice. But a stained chef’s coat isn’t her only problem. She quickly meets her cooking partner Jeff, the super hunky (totally taken!) musician that weasels his way into her brain — right next to Dean.

How can anyone be expected to focus on school, cooking, career planning, baking, friends, and deciding between two hot guys, especially when one of them also thinks that John Cusack is woefully underrated? And what if neither feels quite like Ruthie’s perfect pairing?!