Inhalt: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNALRITA finalist and New York Times bestselling author Ruthie Knox kicks off a steamy new series set in the city that never sleeps--alone, at least. May Fredericks hates New York. Which is fair enough, since New York seems to hate her back. After relocating to Manhattan from the Midwest to be with her long-distance boyfriend, NFL quarterback Thor Einarsson, May receives the world's worst marriage proposal, stabs the jerk with a shrimp fork, and storms off alone--only to get mugged. Now she's got no phone, no cash, and no friends. How's a nice girl supposed to get back to safe, sensible Wisconsin? Frankly, Ben Hausman couldn't care less. Sure, it's not every day he meets a genuine, down-to-earth woman like May--especially in a dive in the Village--but he's recovering from an ugly divorce that cost him his restaurant. He wants to be left alone to start over and become a...