The Mother-Daughter-Book-Club has scattered across the country for college. Jess, who is attending NYU, returns home for winter break and begins to find out that maybe everything isn't the same as she left it.

After graduating from college, Emma Hawthorne accepted a job in Seattle, Washington as a reporter for the Seattle Times. Five years later, she's made a new life for herself complete with friends, a thriving career, and even a boyfriend. But what will happen when a certain Stewart Chadwick turns out to be her new co-worker?