Delaney Morgan is not happy. A reporter with the Atlanta Globe, she has spent her days deep in the obituaries, biding her time until the opportunity to make her name arrives. Now her editor has designated her the guinea pig for a new column, Single in the City. At least she'll get a byline from it. The down side is she'll have to work with Grant Stone. Grant is ready to quit the Globe. He wants hard hitting journalism. Instead he gets to baby sit Morgan while she goes out on dates. And not just any date. New age dating. She has to go online, speed date and get matched by a computer. And he has to follow her and report on the "experience." Well, he figures he'll give it a couple of months, then he's out of there.
When Delaney and Grant play dueling articles sparks fly, at first from irritation then from attraction. Soon, Delaney is spending more time thinking of Grant than her column or the men she's supposed to be impressing. And Grant finds it strangely frustrating watching other men flirt with Laney.
Romance blossoms between the partners. Still, Grant is planning to find another job. If he leaves before the end of the assignment, it means the end of Laney's chance to move up in the newspaper. Worse, it means the end of their budding relationship.