Take Us There: A Joy Universe Novel

Dominic Hurst is a man who's always up for a challenge. Step in as director of the world's second-largest theme park complex? No problem. Clean up the mess the previous director left behind? Sure. Have his seventeen-year-old daughter move in with him in a last-minute custody change? Bring it on.

Face off with a town full of matchmakers? Uh... what?

Oliver Jeffries is a man more than comfortable with his life. Teach teenagers to fall in love with literature? Absolutely. Tackle mindboggling tasks as head of the English department? Pass him the whip. Placate parents convinced their perfect children can do no wrong? Pfft. Child's play.

Agree to a friends-with-benefits arrangement with the most talked-about man in Joyville? Uhm... maybe in secret?

When Dom and Oliver meet, there's no question that friendship won't be enough. But the citizens of Joyville don't know the meaning of "private," and dating the director puts Oliver firmly in the spotlight.

With the whole town watching and laying bets, is their fledgling relationship doomed to fail?