Travis Parker, the 30-something bachelor whose friends are all married and want him to settle down but he's yet to find a girl that interests him for more than a few months. Enter Gabby his new neighbour. 
 I found Gabby to be hella annoying. Like nails on a chalkboard levels of annoying. I found myself skimming her chapters of the book towards the end. Her parts are rambling and seem unnecessary most of the time, you could've cut out about 50 (possibly an exaggeration) pages of her babbling without losing any of the story. Sometimes less is more. 
 Travis is a far better character (I don't know if that says a lot though...) his charm oozes off every page. Sometimes he comes across as unrealistically perfect which slightly ruins him for me - I'm sure even southern gents have their flaws but you'd never know it from this book! 
 Speaking of unrealistic. This is instant love in all it's glory, the pair fall head over heels, can't live without you kind of love, over the space of one weekend. Yes, you did read that right, ONE weekend. 48 or 72 hours. It's just too farfetched for me. 
 If you're really intrigued by the premise of this, i'd say do yourself a favour and just watch the film. It's a damn sight better than the book.