Tess Newhart knows her ex-boyfriend Nick Jamieson isnt the right guy for her. Hes caviar and champagne shes take-out Chinese pot stickers. Hes an uptight Republican lawyer she was raised in a commune and thinks Cinderella is politically incorrect. He wants to get ahead in business she just wants?himonly not the social-climbing Nick, but the sweet, caring, unbuttoned-down Nick.And Nick wants her, too, but theres no way Tess is about to play second fiddle to his obsession to make partner.Yet somehow she finds herself agreeing to play his fiancée for a weekend business trip that could make or break Nicks career. And while hes wrapped up in convincing Tess that he needs her in his respectable world, Tess is doing her best to keep her left-wing opinions to herself and her hands off Nick.