Angie had majored in English and legal studies. She is a legal secretary, but has aspirations to be a romance novelist. She wishes to move away from Maritzburg and devote her entire time to writing. Guy agrees to give her an allowance and review the situation in 6 months.

She moves to Durban and rents rooms in a house with 4 others. There she develops various relationships with the occupants. All is a new experience for her.

She sends an email to her favorite author, Victor Verities, disputing his theory about romance heroes in women's novels. In the continuing exchange of emails between the two, Angie believes she has fallen in love with him, but events prove otherwise. She finds her feelings toward Carstairs have taken a more serious bent.

Baxter has previously written two Regency books (The Dashing Debutant 2002 and Lord Fenmore's Wager 2003). Now she has given us a delightful modern miss with all the problems and feelings of adjusting to her adult life. The plot is well constructed; well written with a diverse likeable cast of characters. It is an enjoyable story with the reader experiencing Angie's life with her.