Some people have the next 20 years of their life scheduled.
You know the kind, don't you? Top-of-the-class, ahead-of-the-curve, better-than-you-in-every-conceivable-way? Well, these people have a motto - WWKD.
If you don't know the shorthand, it stands for What Would Kristin Do?
Kristin Kakes is a high-school sophomore who might rule the world someday, but that's only if she settles. Her life has been an unbroken succession of perfect choices and perfect timing, all of it driven by an iron will that bullies other lesser forces of Nature like hurricanes.
People like Kristin need a foil, and Tommy Amsterdam is all of that. Tommy doesn't know where he'll be in 20 minutes let alone 20 years. Taking things as they come is a mantra he wants to tattoo on his forehead one day, he just hasn't gotten around to it yet.
Typically, opposites of this caliber repel each other like large plaid and thin stripes, but Tommy has access to something called a pocket hole. Pocket holes grant access to a magical world where you can get what you need if you complete a simple quest. For Kristin, on a day when nothing goes her way, Tommy's promise of adventure seems like her golden ticket, because Kristin knows exactly what she needs.
Right?