I really enjoyed this book and also think it could be a great movie because of all the travel locations and hijinks along the way. Romy works for her uncles in their used book store and when a new landlord and his nephew come by and triple the rent with threat of eviction, she takes matters into her own hands and looks for a job to make more money for the shop. She finds a unique opportunity with a literary travel company to travel around the world and hit all the stops from Jules Verne's book Around the World in 80 Days in order to plan an expedition for an important client (who wants no commerical air travel, since Verne wouldn't have had that option). As she starts her journey she discovers she's actually in competition with none other than Evil Nephew himself, Dominic, and only one of them will get the permanent job (whoever finishes the race first). As things at each stop go horribly awry, they end up working together to make it through and of course develop feelings while still in competition.