Impractically Yours — Roger E. Bruner

Two unmarried mid-lifers must overcome trust issues, a blood sugar problem, and an ill-timed practical joke to keep their special friendship intact and reveal their mutual love.

Ten years after her divorce, forty-year-old María is still distrustful of men. As if that's not bad enough, her hypoglycemia turns her into a monster anytime she eats too much simple sugar or fails to eat when she's supposed to.

Fifty-year-old Robbie is a bachelor and a practical joker. Even though he's also a singer, a guitarist, and a songwriter, an old girlfriend's betrayal has left him so distrustful of women that he's no longer willing to share his music with anyone. Especially his new friend María.

Although Robbie and María trust each other enough to become best friends, the secrets each one is still hiding inhibit complete trust, making romance frustratingly slow in coming.

When Robbie plays an unintentionally thoughtless joke on María, it threatens to end their relationship.

Both of them want to save their friendship -- and their finally-just-budding romance as well -- but their best efforts aren't working.

Who can bring them together again? Or can anyone?