Nevertheless, the cute, intellectual Ben Battaglia crosses paths with Geena when she least expects it. This suits Geena fine, as she is a skater girl through and through, and she would rather skate and work at Triple Shot Betty than get involved with boys. They see it as a protective measure for Hero and a way for Geena to experience a date without technically being on a date. Hero's parents decide that Geena must go along with Hero if Hero goes on a date. By contrast, Geena and Amber barely register on the boys' radar. Claudio flirts openly with her, and she responds in kind John, however, is quickly shot down, and PJ pines from afar. Already, Hero has just arrived in town from boarding school, and the boys are falling over themselves to get to know her.
Geena is used to Hero because they're cousins, but Amber is not. Hero is wealthy, spoiled, and uber feminine, while Amber and Geena are middle class, down to earth, and tomboyish. She had hoped that introducing Hero and Amber would lead to an instant friendship, but the two girls don't hit it off in the ways Geena had hoped. As the book opens, Geena laments that her best-laid summer plans are in shambles. Gehrman tells the story through Geena's diary entries. However, as is common in Shakespeare's comedies, one can expect the unexpected, with all sorts of mix-ups, underhanded shenanigans, and plans gone wrong upending the girls' summer. Set in modern-day Sonoma, California, the novel chronicles the fateful summer of a group of young teenage friends, largely centering on the goings-on at the Triple Shot Betty, a local coffee shop where Geena is working for the summer with her carefree gal-pal Amber and stuffy, boarding-school-educated cousin, Hero. In Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty (2008), American author Jody Gehrman updates William Shakespeare's classic Much Ado About Nothing.
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