Two people,one hotel roomand all the choices and complications that make up a life. After six years of a stolen hour hereanother theretonight is going to be different for Nick Holloway and Jenny Parrish. TheyΓÇÖve booked a room in a new luxury hotel in Manhattanwhere theyΓÇÖll spend the entire night together for the first time. Expectations are running high for this brief reprieve from ordinary life: they both need a good bout of ravishing sex and witty conversation. But thatΓÇÖs not what they get. Because theyΓÇÖve barely gotten started when a smoke alarm goes off. Nick is annoyedbut not worried about what must be only a minor glitch. Jenny is anxiousguiltyΓÇöis karma coming for them at last? This existential page-turner seamlessly shifts between Nick and JennyΓÇÖs perspectives as the reality of their situation becomes apparentand all their secretsevasions and regrets come spilling out. Stripped of their defensesdisagreeing about everythingthese two flawedfunnyvery different people are forced to be honestΓÇöwith each other and themselvesΓÇöabout what they wantall they stand to loseand whether their affair is really as casual as it seems.