Title: When the Pirate Met the Princess
Description: The princess ran from the pirate. Yet these two are like the lines of a couplet. They need only to discover how they rhyme.

When Ray Cozart and Natalie Ashbrook must make a movie together to pass their film class, both worry their creative differences will sink their efforts. Natalie’s intellectual talent intimidates Ray, while his energetic vision frustrates her. Eager to get an A on the class assignment, Natalie takes charge. But her plan to film a poetry reading by the kitschy duo Heights and Woodhouse goes awry when the poets unexpectedly invite her and Ray up on stage. Faced with a moment of decision, Ray and Natalie must choose how their story is going to go—both for their film and with each other. Offers of assistance from Ray's girlfriend Angela and Natalie's boyfriend Damian are not quite what they seem to be. The deadline for the assignment looms, and the film is far from finished. If only Ray and Natalie can create their own ending, they might save both their film and their budding relationship from sabotage.

To make their movie, Ray and Natalie use the poetry of Heights and Woodhouse. Heights and Woodhouse include their poetry collection Sad Men and Lonely Women as a bonus to the reader.
  
In When the Pirate Met the Princess, Heights and Woodhouse describe the power of our personal stories to shape our choices. With poignancy and humor, they explore the intricacies of embracing the changes true love inspires in us. Behind it all, Heights and Woodhouse reveal how fun the creative process can be when it is shared by two.
Subjects: love story, clean romance, poetry, humorous novel, comedy, relationships
Places: New York City
Time periods: present day