With a voice as vivid and riveting as her characters, Donna Hill introduces readers to a gutsy, unforgettable heroine they will applaud from the first page to the last—a woman who boldly, blindly, dares to trade a lifestyle for a life...

For someone who's always played by the rules, Regina Everette has broken some doozies lately. First, she divorces a perfectly good provider—and the father of her two children—simply because their marriage wasn't working. Now she's quit her job simply because she wasn't fulfilled. Her kids are shell-shocked. Her girlfriends are scandalized. Her mother is appalled. Nobody knows what on earth she's doing. . .including Regina herself.

Unemployed and unattached, exhilarated and scared to death, Regina fumbles her way into an existence that has no boundaries. As her choices create a ripple effect through the lives of her family and friends, she falls headlong into a new career and a new relationship, certain of just one thing: from here on in, she'll live—and love—on her terms.