Living in New York City in their midtwenties, Peter Bowen and Kay Manning grapple with their identities, the responsibilities of adulthood, and wonder if their expectations of life and love have misled them. The everyday feels a bit empty, until they run into each other at work for the first time and, caught off guard by their unmistakable attraction, their fantasies of each other set in motion an unexpected transformation. is a story of the influences that shape us, the excitement of romance, and the power of the city and people to change us.