Two people, one hotel room, and all the choices and complications that make up a life.

After six years of a stolen hour here, another there, tonight is going to be differentvery differentfor Nick Holloway and Jenny Parrish. Theyve booked a room in a new luxury hotel in Manhattan, where theyll spend the entire night together for the first time. Expectations are running high for this brief reprieve from ordinary they both need a good bout of ravishing sex and witty conversation.

But thats not what they get. Because theyve barely gotten started when a smoke alarm goes off. Nick is annoyed, but not worried about what must be only a minor glitch. Jenny is anxious, guiltyis karma coming for them at last?

This existential page-turner seamlessly shifts between Nick and Jennys perspectives as the reality of their situation becomes apparent, and all their secrets, evasions and regrets come spilling out. Stripped of their defenses, disagreeing about everything, these two flawed, funny, very different people are forced to be honestwith each other and themselvesabout what they want, where theyve screwed up, and whether their affair is really as casual as it seems.