Preface
What do you do when the love of your life moves on-and you're not ready to let her go?
At 30, Derek Daley's New York City dream is looking more like a low-budget indie tragedy. His job? A dead-end cashier gig at Dollar General. His apartment? A glorified shoebox. His love life? Nonexistent. His ex-girlfriend, Dani-the woman he was sure was his forever-has just announced her engagement. And not to just anyone. Gil Dupree. Golden-haired, disgustingly wealthy, impossibly perfect Gil, who seems tailor-made to sweep Dani off her feet and charm her entire family in the process.
But Derek isn't going down without a fight. Armed with sheer desperation and a questionable game plan, he launches an all-out, passive-aggressive campaign to outshine Gil and prove-to Dani, to her family, to himself-that he's still the right man for her. The problem? Love isn't a competition, and no matter how hard he tries, Derek can't seem to get ahead. Worse, the harder he fights,
the more he's forced to confront a brutal truth: Winning her back might not be the victory he imagined.
Wildly funny, unexpectedly heartfelt, and brimming with New York City charm, Going Against Mr. Perfect is a romantic dramedy about second chances, epic love triangles, and the beautiful, messy reality that sometimes, the hardest thing to do is let go.