Eugenie Seifer Olson lives in Brookline, Massachusetts and works at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. This is her first novel.

A game that's fun for all ages!

Some assembly required. . . . . .

Step One: Open Box

Warning: Some Pieces May Have Sharp Edges

Former art student Toby Morris is twenty-five, and she knows she's supposed to be out there . . . somewhere . . . building a career by day and filling up her nights with an endless parade of men. Instead, she's working at Toyland, designing instruction sheets for one of the biggest toy companies around . . . and if she never sees hot pink doll hair, cardboard game spinners, or glow-in-the-dark mini race cars again, it'll be too soon.

Step Two: Insert Metal Tab (a) Into Plastic Base (b)

Toby is bored . . . what she needs is some excitement, some change in the emotional weather. And she gets it the day she tunes into the weekend TV news and gets a good look at cute meteorologist J.P. Cody. Suddenly, the clouds break, and Toby decides to make J.P. her very own action figure. Only trouble is, J.P. has no idea who Toby is. At least, not yet . . .