Stephanie West loves her job as manager of a successful restaurant, but is treated appallingly by the self-obsessed owner and head chef. So when an opportunity arises to buy him out, she jumps at it. Then her boyfriend Sean lands a huge contract with a software company in Arizona and wants her to go with him. Torn between him and her career, Stephanie struggles to come to terms with a tragedy in her past which has left her terrified of becoming dependent on any one. Will she come to realise where her happiness lies? And if she does, will it be too little, too late?