Quiet and brooding, Kennedy Dawson knows he lacks the flash of his more charming colleagues, but he's never hurt for female company. But with his thirty-fifth birthday around the corner, Kennedy has decided it's time to take action on his carefully scheduled life plan. Next milestone? Marriage. Too busy to find the lucky lady himself, he employs the help of Ellie Thorton, his longtime assistant and general pain in his ass. But the more Ellie parades a string of eligible women in front of him, the more Kennedy realizes that what he wants the most was never part of the plan.