COURTING GRETA

Ramsey Hootman’s moving, unique, and charming novel COURTING GRETA is about what happens when two people who don’t believe in romance give love half a chance and the freedom that comes with letting go of every last scrap of pride.

COURTING GRETA is not a romance. Samuel is no alpha male, or even a beta. He's the cripple with crutches; the nerdy programmer every woman on the planet feels compelled to mother. Greta is no beauty—not even on the inside. She's the bitter, sarcastic gym coach with two bad knees and no sense of humor. The teacher no kid would dare mock. At least not within hearing. COURTING GRETA is barely even a love story. Samuel only asks Greta out to prove he's got the guts. When she accepts, he's out of his depth. All he knows is that he'll do whatever it takes to keep her as long as he can. Pretend he's got his class under control? Easy. Attend sporting events? Sure. Humiliate himself in front of six hundred teenagers? No problem. Be vulnerable enough to admit why he ditched his programming career for teaching? Well…that would require honesty. And if there's one thing Samuel can't exist without, it's the lies he tells himself. Ramsey Hootman grew up in the northern California town of Healdsburg, where her debut novel Courting Greta takes place. A former travel writer, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.