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Do you remember how it feels to be in like? In love? In deep? Joe Kovak knows all three. In fact, THREE seems to be Joe's unlucky number, as he finds himself navigating through three separate triangles.

Joe is intoxicated by Julie Mai Wan's smile. But, Julie chose his best friend, Pete, something Joe tries to reconcile with daily. Still, when Julie smiles it's like the world goes away, which makes falling out of like with Julie, unthinkable.

Joe hopes Julie's plan to fix him up with one of her friends will be the distraction he needs. But, when Julie's friend turns out to be Kristy Brent, Joe finds himself in another triangle with a girl who already stepped on his heart once, and given the chance, would probably do it again. Still, standing close enough to smell her coconut scented hair is suddenly making falling back in love, unavoidable.
Joe's constant quest, at home, to maintain his status as favorite brother, leads him through another triangle with his two older brothers, Matt, and Kevin. At the heart of the Kovak family, is Police Captain John Kovak. A widower, John must constantly balance the roles of Doting Dad, and hard nosed cop, particularly when it comes to his youngest. Finding himself too often under interrogation by Good Dad/Bad Cop, for being somewhere he's not supposed to be, doing something he's not supposed to do, at times makes Joe's efforts not to end up in deep trouble unattainable.

A must read for anyone who remembers how it feels to be in like, in love, and in deep.