Lauren prides herself on being a professional woman with one hard and fast rule: don't ever date anyone you work with. That all goes to hell the minute Ross strolls in the door, with a wicked accent, a rocking body and a face chiseled by angels. Add to that his single-minded determination to get to know Lauren on a more-than-professional basis, and all her carefully crafted rules begin to blur. From the company holiday party to a New Year's Eve masquerade ball, Ross teases and torments until Lauren decides to send the old year out with a bang. A really, really good bang.