Edie Amos may have lost the love of her life, but she canβt lose this apartment. Sure her journalist boyfriend has taken a dangerous assignment overseas, leaving Edie without a second thought. But a sunny two-bedroom apartmentβwith a balconyβ doesnβt come easy in Manhattan. So Edie is embarking on a more hazardous mission: posting in the classifieds for the perfect roommate. Living on the salary of a waitress/actress, Edieβs days in the apartment are numbered. But thatβs not all that doesnβt add up. Somehow Edie ends up with not one roommate but two: a tall, blonde and pierced German dental assistant and a shopaholic Texas princess.
Now Edie can swing the rent, but can she swing through the city as a single again? In a world of couples, Edieβs learning that one is not the loneliest number. And sheβs discovering thatβlike a vacant apartment in a trendy neighborhoodβan empty heart never stays that way for long...