Myself to Blame — Geoffrey A. Feller

Frieda Hamel loves men. But when it comes to having relationships with them, something always goes wrong. Beginning in college, where Frieda sheds her past as an unpopular, ugly-duckling high schooler, and on into her thirties as a busy career woman, she either dates men who won't commit to her or who ask too much when they do want to get serious. When Frieda meets an exciting younger man, it could be that the things they have in common are their worst habits. Given the chance to transcend her own misanthropy to do the right thing at her workplace, Frieda's professional reputation and personal safety may both be threatened.