She had Mr. Right all sewn up . . . until Mr. Wonderful came along.

Ethan is smart, funny, kind, gentle, great with Arianna’s toddler son, a fantastic lover, and finally ready to settle down to a teaching job in Manhattan after years of nomadic work as a freelance photographer. Plus he’s the adoring brother of Arianna’s best friend, Rachel.

He’s a truly special man, and the time seems right for him to move in to Arianna’s apartment. But traces of the old Ethan exist—there was the much better but stodgy job he turned down and the “let’s take off for Nepal next year” impulses.

Arianna is on the verge of graduating from a “finisher” at her fashion job—a highly paid seamstress—and is on her way to having her own designs produced. Suddenly her career is the central focus of her life—and into that focus walks Noah, a worldly, funny, sophisticated, and very successful writer for an award-winning television show. Their instant rapport leads to a design opportunity for Arianna and a friendship that slowly confuses her feelings for Ethan.