Side Dish by Kim Taylor

She's funny, she's attractive, she's lovable-and she doesn't know it. Meet Muriel, a.k.a. Mutt, a twenty-something wayward waitress with a college degree, who has resigned herself to low standards, simple pleasures, and erotic fantasies. Though seeming to get by on margaritas and old movies, in her heart of hearts, Mutt is actually searching for true love.

While Mutt chases the bars with her best friend Jeff, she is, in turn, chased by Diane, a former college classmate with a decidedly romantic agenda. When a rich, seductive Beverly Hill lawyer named Allison steals Mutt's heart, she is in trouble, and like the glamorous facade of Sunset Boulevard, things are not quite as they seem.