minerva dobbs knows that happilyeverafter is a fairy tale especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet even if he is gorgeous and successful calvin morrisey cal knows commitment is impossible especially with a woman as cranky as min dobbs even if she does wear great shoes and keeps him on his toes when they say goodbye at the end of their evening they cut their losses and agree never to see each other againbut fate has other plans and its not long before min and cal meet again soon theyre dealing with a jealous exboyfriend krispy kreme donuts a determined psychologist chaos theory a freakishly intelligent cat chicken marsala and more risky propositions than either of them ever dreamed of including the biggest gamble of alltrue love