Apart at the seams

She had Mr. Right all sewn up . . . until Mr. Wonderful came along. Ethan is smart, funny, kind, gentle, great with Arianna's toddler son, a fantastic lover, and finally ready to settle down to a teaching job in Manhattan after years of nomadic work as a freelance photographer.

Plus he's the adoring brother of Arianna's best friend, Rachel.He's a truly special man, and the time seems right for him to move in to Arianna's apartment.

But traces of the old Ethan exist-there was the much better but stodgy job he turned down and the "e;let's take off for Nepal next year"e; impulses. Arianna is on the verge of graduating from a "e;finisher"e; at her fashion job-a highly paid seamstress-and is on her way to having her own designs produced.

Suddenly her career is the central focus of her life-and into that focus walks Noah, a worldly, funny, sophisticated, and very successful writer for an award-winning television show.

Their instant rapport leads to a design opportunity for Arianna and a friendship that slowly confuses her feelings for Ethan