Surf Girl School — Cathy Yardley

How To Surf Like a Pro 101

1. find surfboard, beach and hot instructor
2. learn to surf (six weeks should do it)
3. avoid imagining surf instructor without a wet suit
4. relax, and become one with the beach
5. return to work as ultradriven ad exec...and surf queen extraordinaire

Allison Robbins needs to relax. Sure, she's a little career-driven -- what girl isn't? But then the little knot in her stomach turns into full-blown panic attacks and under doctor's orders Allison has to find a nice, physical hobby.

Like any good California girl, she decides to take up surfing. She's even commandeered the services of a surf instructor -- Sean Gilroy, just the guy to teach Allison's uptight self how to chill. But aside from being unsettlingly cute in a wet suit, Sean lives the life of a typical surfer -- casual, laid-back and entirely certain that things will take care of themselves...the polar opposite to Allison's world of stress, coffee and more stress.

If only she didn't have to go back to work. Ever.