his marriage and the loss of a child, Ty Rossberg books himself a suite at the wrong hotel. There he meets his dream girl, Ellory Allen, a parking lot heiress who's on the run. Together, Ellory and Ty will conquer the world. But when they meet a laid-back prophet in the Olympic mountains, their dream life takes a nightmarish turn.

Recommended if you like: true romance; exiles; tying the knot after 40; screwball comedy; novels you would like to read again; pools of light; digging the opener more than the headliner; oversized fashion magazines at the beach; Paloma Picasso; renouncing your influences; going for broke; tripping on the Fourth of July; the beauty of a sudden density of life.