This belongs with our Beach Reads. It’s the story of opposites attract. Jess is a single mother whose husband has split, leaving her with a stepson (being bullied at school) and daughter (a math whiz who has a chance at a scholarship). She cleans houses and tends bar and can’t catch a break.
In a dilapidated car she takes off for the scholarship testing, breaks down and who should come by but the man she cleans for, Ed. He’s a self-centered techie in a spot of trouble over insider trading. He gets caught up in the family story and offers to drive them and their slobbery dog to the testing town.
They travel, They fight. They reconcile. The scholarship is won. They might live happily ever after, but you’ll have to read it to find out.