Publisher's Summary

Joe is a recently divorced man approaching middle age. After he settles in his new home with Adam the talker and John the convict, he contemplates dating again. The problem: He has only been on two dates in the last 18 years! To make matters worse “The First Date” is an Internet date, something completely unfamiliar to Joe.

Trying to stay anonymous, Joe starts to chat in a New Zealand chat room, unaware that he has a secret admirer that lives only two hours away from his home near Seattle. She drops Joe a private message and before long they make arrangements to meet. There’s just one catch, his new friend wants to bring along another friend to make her feel safe, just for this first date. Joe agrees not knowing the trap he has just fallen into.

Join Joe in all the excitement, intrigue, drama and mystery that defines meeting a stranger in a strange town by way of the internet.