Ghostly noises accidentally throw idiosyncratic executive assistant Bethany Connell into the arms of pro football player Brent Crawford in Frame’s witty fifth Imperfect contemporary. Bethany has fled her difficult family and is now living alone in New York City, working for irascible, misogynist executive Albert Crawford, and terrified of recurring creepy sounds in her apartment. Brent, Albert’s son, is dealing poorly with a troubling medical issue while fending off his father’s attempts to get him married, but he takes time to befriend attractive Bethany, and they investigate the weird wall knocking together. They swiftly become realistically close through quirky, punny repartee and their mutual devotion to true crime stories. Though at first they both believe a romance is ill-advised, and several outside conflicts fling up barriers, openness prevails and intimate confessions result in an appealing, believable relationship. The mystery-sounds plot resolves more clumsily. Frame’s charming, zany rom-com will appeal to fans of screwball comedies. (BookLife)