Obadiah leverages Bianca’s new status as a social pariah to hire her on as his assistant and editor of his fledgling quarterly magazine, Extempo. But he’s secretly surprised at how much he enjoys her company– a beautiful, lonely woman who listens like she cares because she knows what it’s like to not have anyone to talk to. She breathes new life into him and his business, but her attempt to reclaim her narrative soon puts them in the crosshairs of her ex-lover and his scorned wife (Eric & Juliana Hugo). The synopsis didn’t do this book justice. It was a quirky introspection on the “masks” everyone wears and what makes a person of substance.