Play It Again, Sam — Petra Diamond

Forget the '80s! Incurably nostalgic Nedda Shaw rhapsodizes over old movies and escapes to a more genteel age by collecting antique dresses. When trendy Hollywood filmmakers invade her sleepy hometown, she's thrown for a loop -- especially by Brooklyn-born costume designer Sam Harrison.

From the moment Sam barges into Nedda's cheerfully cluttered shop, he's clearly got designs on her. Dashingly quoting Bogie and Grant, masterfully seizing her in classic clinches, and sexily storming her old-fashioned notions, he has Nedda moaning "Play it again, Sam" before she can distinguish between lasting love and a summer fling...between a racing pulse and certain heartache...