Art historian Chloe Devereaux needs a job, and she wants it to be in her hometown of New Orleans. She interview s for a position as an assistant at a prestigious art dealership run by the Winters Corporation--specifically, the beautiful, ruthless, and alluring Amelia Winters.
Amelia intrigues Chloe--and intimidates her. After she hires Chloe, Amelia insists that her assistant dress the part, and takes her on a whirlwind makeover and shopping spree. Before Chloe know s it, she is wearing designer clothes and barely recognizes herself in the mirror. Chloe's friends and family are worried,...

In New Orleans for a conference, exhausted English professor Kit Kelly has been going through the motions in just about every regard for some time now. She's tired of her job and sick of sleeping around, and her life is starting to feel like one long, stale rerun of similar days and nights. A chance encounter with Teddy, a local chef, stirs an enthusiasm for life she hasn't felt in a long time, but news of an impending hurricane threatens to disrupt what they've just begun.

With the holidays over and the New Year beginning, Chloe Deveraux and Amelia Winters are finally in a position to concentrate on themselves and their new love. Chloe hopes that she and Amelia can finally stop worrying and start living.

The course of true love is never easy, however, and Chloe and Amelia struggle to keep their love strong in the face of mounting complications. Family conflict and a woman from Amelia's past conspire to keep the two lovers apart. These problems, combined with Chloe's desire to leave Amelia's art dealership, may act as the ultimate blow to their tenuous...