When
twenty-seven-year-old Bette Robinson quits her Manhattan banking job like the
impulsive girl she's never been, she knows she won't miss the eighty-hour workweeks,
her claustrophobic cubicle, or her revolting boss's Quote of the Day. But she
does miss her best friend, Penelope. And soon the novelty of getting "out
and about" by walking her four-pound dog around her unlamorous Murray Hill
neighborhood wears as thin as the contant "What Are You Goin to Do with Your
Life?" phone calls from her parents.
Then Bette meets Kelly, head
of Manhattan's hottest PR and events planning firm, and suddenly she has a brand-new
job where the primary requirement is to see and be seen.
The work at Kelly
& Company takes Bette inside the VIP rooms of the city's most exclusive nightclubs
to parties crowded with celebrities and socialites. Bette learns not to blink
at the famous faces, the black Amex cards, the magnums of Cristal, or the ruthless
paparazzi. Soon she's dating an infamous playboy who's great for her career but
bad for her sanity -- and scaring off the one decent guy she meets. Still, as
her coworkers repeatedly point out, how can you complain about a job that pays
you to party? Bette has to agree -- until she begins appearing in a vicious new
gossip column. That's when Bette's life on paper takes on a whole new meaning
-- and she learns the line between her personal and professional lives is...invisible.
