New York: Harper Collins, (2009). First edition - The author's highly praised first novel, Part thriller, part satire, part period piece. "Taylor Schmidt - twenty-three, single, and jobless - arrives in the Big Apple desperate for work and hungry for love. Through the Quid Pro Quo Employment Agency she finds the perfect job and the perfect boyfriend . . . but perfection has its price." Bruce DeSilva called it a "darkly comic, beautifully written tale of conspiracy, sex and obsession in 1990s New York City" 270 pp. ISBN: 978-0061735295.