Perfectionist (n.)–someone doomed to disappointment

For a person convinced second best simply won''t do, all of a sudden Jocelyn "Joss" McBride can''t seem to win. Not in the battles with her snippy Siamese or skirmishes with the fire-breathing dragon who''s her mother. Or even more annoying, losing advertising awards and clients to the infuriating Hugh Brannon, her not-quite-perfect ex-lover whom she, um, sort of lost, too.

Well, enough already.

Like any overachiever, Joss is determined to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat–meaning beating Hugh, of course. Unfortunately, her attempts at evening the score bounce right off the Teflon man and a new suspicion dawns–if life was absolutely perfect, wouldn''t it be a bore?