Movie star Mercedes Montague has it all – the fame, the fortune, and the glittering celebrity lifestyle. But she lost herself somewhere along the way. On a publicity tour for her next movie she realizes she's just fifty miles from her hometown. Mercedes – real name Marie Dillard – decides to bolt and go home to see if she can find what's left of herself. Hiding away in her grandparents' old home in a working class neighborhood she's haunted by memories and reminders of her first and only love, Joe Shelby.

Marie's stunned when Joe shows up at her door. Passion kindles between them from the first moment their eyes meet but she won't let it consume her unless it's going to include a lasting love. As they renew their relationship, Marie must find out if a movie star can return to reality or is love just a distant dream?