BACHELOR DEGREE is as much a mother-daughter story as it is a finding-Mr.-Right story, and both stories are delightful.

Divorcee and art gallery assistant curator Samantha Krasner, at 38, has a handle on her life. Except for her twice-widowed mother, who is on a hunt to find a Mr. Right for both of them, and defies control. The only way Samantha can get around her mother's constant pushiness is to find a man herself. She does when she meets Blake Hamilton, the hottest new European artist, one that Samantha's overbearing boss must have for their gallery.

Samantha and Blake develop a hot and heavy long-distance romance, of which her mother approves even though she sets Samantha up with New York's most eligible OB/GYN for an appointment and hopefully much more. Samantha, wise, aware and so very snarky, knows there's something just off kilter with both of these men. But it's not until after she is completely enthralled, when long-held secrets and lies erupt, that she discovers just what that is.

If you can't get enough of the New York scene and attitude, you'll completely enjoy BACHELOR DEGREE, as I did. Even if you'd prefer to dial the snark back a wee bit, you'll find a fun, fast-paced story about a woman who's looking for love and been around enough to know what she wants yet possesses a reasonable degree of caution, and who has learned over the years how to manage her relationship with her domineering mother in a way that works for her.