As always, Jenny Crusie is hilarious on the subject of modern romance, and as always, her humor has a sharp point on it. Nina is newly divorced, newly forty, and newly aware of just exactly how much her body has changed since the last time she had a date. She meets Alex (with the help of her adopted basset hound Fred) who lives in the same apt building as her. He is the worst possible kind of man, he's sexy and much younger, but the sparks fly between them.