How You Get the Girl
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Marina Jacobsen and Elliot Martin have been friends since the start of secondary school, the moment they met they knew that they would become the greatest of friends. From their meticulously planned devious pranks to their hilarious banter and inside jokes, they knew that their friendship would be everlasting.
When Elliot confides in Marina about his developing romantic feelings for the new girl, Erin Ford, she compiles a check list and set of rules to help her best friend get the girl who cannot seem to evade his every thought.
Little did she know that whilst Elliot was completing each and every requirement that she had written down for him to follow, she would be falling for him with every box he ticked off.
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