Sarah Landon finds her life and marriage routine and unfulfilling, nothing but responsibilities and endless chores. Her husband is oblivious to her existence, unless he wants something from her. An unexpected e-mail from her first love, a man she has not heard from in more than twenty-four years, jolts her out of her apathy. The ensuing conversation is intriguing and soon becomes exciting, awakening feelings in Sarah she believed long dead. Conversations lead to invitations. She travels to one coast and then the other for this man, and in the process, she finds herself.