As Lee Harlem Robinson struggles to come to grips with the insanely fast-paced city of Hong Kong, where she was sent by her employers, she starts to wonder where it all went wrong. The reader is taken on a journey back in time from Lee's early years in romance in London and Paris to her current life in the city where “yuppie actually still works as a term of endearment”. The big question, as in every romance, is: will she eventually find love?

Jennifer and Kim share a house with their friend Jack in trendy Shoreditch, but they need a fourth room mate to help pay the rent. Enter Lee, who shakes up the lives of the long-term couple. Will Jennifer be able to resist the temptation?