In Shacking Up by Helena Hunting, Ruby Scott is a starving artist and is about to become a homeless starving artist if she doesn't get a job to cover her rent. But the last thing she wants is to end up as a pencil pusher at her father's pharmaceutical firm, living in a world of "I told you so" and "yes, sir." Bancroft Mills is leaving for a business trip and needs someone to watch his exotic pets, which may be illegal to own in the state of New York. After discovering that he indirectly caused Ruby to bomb her audition, he offers her a job as his live-in pet-sitter. Weeks of phone flirting take an explosive turn when Bancroft returns home and they realize their chemistry is even hotter when they are living in close quarters.
