Divorced, Sarah Grant regrets accepting Brian Evans, a New York actor turned playwright, into her home to rent a room for the summer.
Sarah has proven to herself and her therapist that she can find a job, working in the city's library, and live alone. Now she has him around.
The town starts gossiping about an affair. Can either one forgive their pasts--Sarah, a failed marriage; Brian, the death of his son--and take a second chance on a lasting relationship and on love?