While attending an event in Minneapolis for her latest novel, Jenny Blake meets the notorious Brian Kendall. When Brian asks her if she would indulge him in a little test she is amused because it's a line she hadn't heard before. As a romance novelist, she considers everyone open game for thumb-printing personality traits in future novels. With her creative wheels turning Jenny thinks of her favorite romance, Cyrano de Bergerac and her imagination formulates a test of her own. It was only a matter of time before fate tipped the table of destiny and Jenny's heart is left exposed.