Tonight and always : Kasey was an anthropologist, but her knowledge of men in general hadn't prepared her for one man in particular: Jordan Taylor.

A matter of choice : Sgt. James "Slade" Sladerman had practically been born to the force, but he wanted to be a writer, not a cop. No one was more different from him than Jessica Winslow, who was wealthy and working only because she wanted to.

Endings and beginnings : Liv Carmichael was a glamorous Washington anchorwoman who always wanted to be first in everything: first to get the story; first to tell it to the public; and first in the heart of her man.