After losing her daughter and leaving her husband, 23-year-old Laura St. Hamilton has made herself promise that she would not let herself fall in love to save herself from heartbreak. She leaves on a ship going to New York to live with her sister Vivienne and help raise her children, where she meets and slowly falls in love with Adrien Cyrus, a 26-year-old struggling middle class novelist, she finds everything in him that she never saw in a man before. As their romance begins, Laura and Adrien are confronted by Laura's ex-husband, Clay Hammond, who attempts to win back Laura's love. Can Laura open her heart and find love with Adrien, or will Clay force her to go back with him?