Lonely Isabelle Forrester is locked into a loveless marriage with a prominent Parisian banker Isabelle pours her passions into caring for her desperately ill son, and teenage daughter She allows herself one secret pleasure a long-distance friendship with Bill, a Washington power broker, who is also trapped in an empty marriage Agreeing to meet for a few days in London, Isabelle and Bill find their relationship changing Following a car crash, they are thrust onto a new path From inside a London hospital Isabelle and Bill cling to life In the days and weeks that follow, they must find the strength not only to embrace life again but to face what they have left behind