The Pajama Game

Moxie Brecker never thought she'd be peddling panties for a living. After all, she started her working life teaching middle school science and trying to get kids excited about the laws of matter and energy. But when faced with the pulsating prepubescent energy of her classroom, her get-up-and-go got totally lost. So she traded in her periodic table for the clearance table, taking the first job that came her way -- at the chain lingerie store in the mall. Now she's living in a tired apartment building in what's left of Boston's old Combat Zone above a likeable but somewhat mysterious neighbor, and measuring cup sizes all day long. Just when Moxie is starting to fear that there's nothing more to life than hanging bras and protecting the thong table from a serial shoplifter, a ray of light appears at the register: a handsome, charming return customer named Allan. True, Allan's buying sexy chemises for someone -- but he's also not wearing a wedding ring, so maybe there's hope. And maybe, just maybe, Moxie's employee discount will finally start to come in handy ...