Elisabeth is retiring from her job and looking to find her life's meaning, but the dead body, nosy detective, and tiresome drama are getting in the way. "Love by the Hour" - a dark comedy about a madam, a priest, and a detective who don't walk into a bar. This is probably not the kind of book you think it is. There is a homicide, but this isn't a mystery. There is dating, but this isn't a romance. There is sex, but this is neither porn nor erotica. This is a dark comedy about things that aren't funny, but don't feel guilty if you find yourself snickering and chuckling your way through the entire book. When life-altering situations knock people down, there are three types of people: 1. those who get up and fight their way through it; 2. those who stay down and never recover; 3. and one (and only one) person who does whatever she can in order to save her Italian leather shoes. This is the story of that one person.