Spunky, sweet-natured Jessica Monroe is 34 years old and perfectly happy being single. A producer at a top-rated morning show with a coterie of fun friends and a busy nightlife, she isn't in any rush to meet a man. Her girlfriends, however, disapprove. And when they secretly place a personal ad on a hot singles Web site on her behalf, Jess is reluctantly hurtled into the topsy-turvy world of online dating, where frogs masquerade as princes{151}but your soul mate might be just one click away. A laugh-out-loud whirlwind of disastrous dates ensues, from Simon, who seems dreamy over e-mail but ditches her at the dinner table, leaving her with the bill, to Graham, a self-described Ferrari driver who turns out to be a car salesman with several (old, fat, bald, creepy, cheap, stuck-up) men in between. Then along comes Ben, a sensitive cutie with a heart of gold, who quickly becomes Jess's confidante for her dating exploits but 'alas' is just too sweet to be sexy. When an unforeseen event turns her world upside down, Jess starts to wonder if the qualities she thinks she wants in a man-gorgeous, wildly successful, with a taste for fun and the finer things' really are what she ultimately needs. And whether, as a new mystery suitor appears in her e-mail in-box, Cupid has other possibilities up his sleeve . . . |