Monkey Love — Brenda Scott Royce

In this madcap debut, a single New Yorker takes a bite out of the Big Apple -- and sets out on a search for the perfect primate....

Holly Heckerling has a great set of power tools, and she knows how to use them. It's a good thing, because her career as a stand-up comic isn't exactly paying the rent ... yet. But nothing's going to stop Holly's rise to stardom. Not the pickpocketing monkey she's been persuaded to babysit or the friends who constantly need her to come to the rescue. And definitely not her meddling aunt, who can't understand why Holly's never had a relationship more than three months long.

Actually, Holly's starting to wonder the same thing. Maybe it's time to stop monkeying around and settle down with a fellow primate (preferably one without fur). Too bad that when it comes to dating, it's a jungle out there, and you never know which way fate's going to swing.