Cate, Renee, and Abby have come to New York for very different reasons, and in a bustling city of millions, they are linked together through circumstance and chance. Cate has just been named the features editor of Gloss, a high-end magazine. It's a professional coup, but her new job comes with more complications than Cate ever anticipated. Her roommate Renee will do anything to nab the plum job of beauty editor at Gloss. But snide comments about Renee's weight send her into an emotional tailspin. Soon she is taking black market diet pills - and heading for real danger. Then there's Abby. Once a joyful graduate student working as a nanny, she abruptly flees to her brother's apartment in New York. No one knows what shattered Abby. Pekkanen's compelling novel tells the story of three very different women as they navigate the complications of careers and love - and find the lifeline they need in each other.