This novella was a Hugo and Nebula nominee twenty years ago. I lost both to Charles Sheffield -- whom I married five years later. Life sometimes really is just as strange as fiction.

Riley Smith belongs to a world that is unlike any other. She has struggled with fitting into this world and has had her ups and downs but as she returns to it, she discovers all is not as it was when she left.

Evelyn (Evie) Florence never thought she would come face to face with movie star Theo Rogan, but fate had other plans. Getting a job as a catering assistant to earn money for college, Evie found herself serving at one of the biggest events of the year; Theo’s 20th birthday bash. While hard at work she witnesses his typical “player” behavior that the tabloids love to gossip about. However that isn't all she witnesses at the party that night when she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now Evie has a stalker who believes they are in love and she needs to stay in Theo’s home with his family for safety reasons. At first all she sees is the Theo portrayed in the gossip magazines but she soon comes to realize there is more to him than his beastly behavior…

Elma Lyons is a volunteer at a hospital when she's not working. One day, she finds that her life's to be turned upside down when her the hospital she volunteers at is playing host unknowingly to a coma patient she knows very well-Matt Smith of Doctor Who fame. As soon as Smith wakes up, she's conditionally asked by Matt's sister to take care of him until he's healed enough to leave for Northampton on arrival to the hospital after Elma tells the medical staff how to reach her. But soon, she finds herself in a tight position-falling for Matt-HARD! And what's worse is that soon, Matt confesses his admiration and attraction for her. She struggles to find the strength to let go as she is trying to fight her love for him and his return affections. But how far can she do so?