"Slinking toward them in the heavy, congested traffic was a city bus, and Evan was filled with a sense of urgency.
What could he say to make her not get on that bus?"

Laid off from his bank job, Mountain Wood, Colorado, native Evan Hillaway takes a risk and accepts an offer from his cousin to work for a friend in Los Angeles. Within days of arriving, Evan sees a woman at a bus stop and instantly falls in love.
Ashley Cooper is also a small-town girl who has been laid off and looking for a way to meet her financial needs. The only difference is that her "small town" is the Westside of Los Angeles.
Through a series of fortunate events, Evan meets the woman but soon learns she's looking for someone with more financial security than Evan can provide.
With love on the line, Evan risks everything just to prove to her that they belong together. Now it's up to Ashley to decide if love is enough to take their relationship to the end of the line. (Adult contemporary romance)