After losing her twelve-year-old son, Spencer, too soon, divorcee Adele Hamilton takes matters into her own hands when she arranges for a life-altering meeting with mobster, Carl Nardone. But later, with a fresh lease on life, including a budding new love affair, Adele learns that her fate may have already been sealed if she cannot reach Nardone in time to call of their deal. And the clock is ticking.

After eighteen years of marriage and six children, Emma Riley learns that her husband, Mac, has run off to California with another woman. Destitute, Emma is forced to move herself and her six children into an abandoned farmhouse she finds sitting high atop Jerusalem Hill in Elmira. But later, when Mac discovers that the grass isn't necessarily greener in California, he returns homes with a chip on his shoulder and an ax to grind and Emma, and the handsome mayor she befriends, are straight in his line of fire.

Meet young Morty Brogan, fifteen, who finds himself down and out in Elmira, New York, from problems with his abusive, step-dad, Deke, to his disabled mother and best friend, Ben, he just can't seem to catch a break. Come along for this roller coaster tale of a modern-day romance that will open your heart, soul and mind.