Barbara Bent

Circle Barbara Bent

When recent divorcee Kate Whitny meets her new financial advisor, Frannie Herron, they each have serious doubts about the other. Kate, an astrology expert and yoga enthusiast, is spiritual and whimsical. Frannie, an expert in investments, is pragmatic and grounded. A snowstorm strands Kate, a New Jersey resident, in New York City after a meeting with Frannie. The hotels are either full or beyond affordable, and Frannie offers Kate her apartment's guest bed, launching their odd couple friendship. The sting of past painful relationships is their first common bond. Adapting to life as a single has its challenges for Kate, but more than anything, she wants to make her own money and prove she has what that takes. Frannie realizes the only way she'll ever truly move on from a humiliating event in her past is to find a way to exact revenge. Together, they hatch a plan that takes them half way around the world. Through the ups and downs of single life, online dating, and dealing with dreadful in-person dates, the two of them influence and change each other until, one day, they realize they've come full circle and have, at last, attracted what they wanted.