Modern Family: Alex Dunphy’s Guide to Dating a Human Tornado

Alex Dunphy has her entire life planned: MIT, a Nobel Prize, and as much distance from her dysfunctional family as possible. That is, until she meets Marco Rivera—a loud-mouthed, street-smart mechanic from South LA with a juvenile record, zero filter, and the annoying habit of barging into her life like a hurricane in a backwards baseball cap.



He’s everything she’s not—unpredictable, reckless, and alarmingly good at getting under her skin.



When a chance encounter at Starbucks sparks an unlikely friendship, Alex finds herself dragged into Marco’s world of pool halls, lowrider shows, and bar fights he definitely didn’t start (okay, maybe he did). But between dodging her family’s chaos and Marco’s shameless flirting, Alex starts to question her rigid plans—especially when he challenges her to ask herself: What does she actually want?