Eight years ago, Daphne Stoltz and Brad Torrance wound up in bed together. She was reeling from her old boyfriend's betrayal, he was bored, and they'd both had a bit too much to drink. Their encounter was quick, bad and embarrassing, something they'd both prefer to forget.

They can't forget it, because mutual friends have thrown them together. Brad's job transfer to New York City places him in Realtor Daphne's region, and their college classmates insist that Brad should use Daphne to help him find a house. Stuck together on this mission, they discover that they actually like each other.

They could never be lovers, though, because Brad is startlingly handsome and Daphne is homely. They just don't match. But they could be friends—true, close friends—if only they can figure out a way to undo the mistake from their past. All they'd have to do is go back and make things right.