Twenty-seven year old Nazeli ?Ellie? Gregorian likes the prestige of her tech marketing job but hates her condescending colleagues, her micromanaging boss, and, now, her ex-boyfriend. Who dumped her. At work. When Ellie?s lovingly overbearing parents plead with her to attend PakCon ? a food packaging conference in Chicago ? to help promote their company, Hagop?s Fine Armenian Foods, and vie to win the conference?s Superstars award, she?s eager for a brief change and a delicious distraction. Within minutes at the conference, she meets witty, devil-may-care Vanya Simonian, who is verbally sparring with a belligerent man who is keeping her from attending a VIP event.