Neanderthal Seeks Human

Janie Morris loses her boyfriend, her apartment and her job in a single day. She is left wondering what else fate has lined up for her, and the answer arrives in the form of Quinn Sullivan.

Quinn watches the whole collapse happen, to her complete mortification. Janie privately calls him Sir McHotpants, and he keeps showing up afterwards, as tempting and as out of reach as a pair of shoes she cannot afford. No one rattles her more.

That matters because of a quirk of hers. When Janie is nervous she cannot stop herself from reciting Too Much Trivial Information, so every conversation with Quinn goes off on tangents. She also does not know how to knit, which counts for something in the world of the story.

Then Quinn makes her an offer she did not expect and finds hard to refuse. Whether she takes it is the question the story turns on.

The book is the first in the Knitting in the City series, which follows seven friends in Chicago who belong to the same knitting group. Each volume stands alone at full novel length, so it can be read without the others. The romantic comedy plays out in a light, humorous tone, with Janie's babbling driving much of the fun.