I’m Looking for a Man in Finance

Balancing playful banter and steamy moments, Waldorf’s cute, tropey debut follows Hallie Woods, a reporter who dreams of being Sophisticate Magazine’s food critic but is stuck writing a fluffy “Overheard in NYC” column instead. A chance to impress her boss and potentially score that promotion comes when she’s assigned a new column about her experiences attempting to date “the most eligible bachelors on Wall Street.” The problem is that she’s never had a thing for finance guys, who, in her opinion, are all spoiled, shallow, and pretentious. Enter James Rossi, a Wall Street wunderkind who is still heartbroken and reeling from having been taken in by a gold digger. When the pair meet at a bar, they agree to help each other: James will go on five dates with Hallie in exchange for her writing up his family’s Brooklyn pizzeria. Along the way, Hallie learns not to judge a book by its cover, and James begins to reopen his heart. The result is a flirty rom-com with a fun if somewhat familiar plot that makes good use of its glamorous Manhattan backdrop. It’s a solid start. (Feb.)