In essence, it's an ugly duckling tale. Our heroine, Aureliana, returns to school after fifteen years for a reunion. School doesn't hold happy memories for her. As a roly-poly Italian (known as the Italian Galleon), always armed with a Tupperware full of pungent Mediterranean food, she was bullied incessantly throughout her years there.

Now in her 30s, Aureliana wants to put the past behind her once and for all and face up to the bullies who made her life hell. But she is much-changed from the girl she once was - all curves and 'because I'm worth it' hair - and no one recognizes her when she arrives. Losing her bottle, she backs out on her plan for revenge and slinks off, hoping never to be reminded of her years at school again.

But fate gets in the way, and after the reunion, her path keeps crossing with James - major hunk and Aureliana's major crush back at school. But alas, as a cronie to the bullies, Aureliana to this day believes that his beautiful exterior hides an ugly interior.

As they continue to cross paths, a love/hate relationship ensues until eventually something shifts, and they both start to discover what the person underneath is really like...

Full of Mhairi's trademark laugh-out-loud humor, Here's Looking At You is a novel about facing your demons and being happy with who you really are.