After nearly ten years, Lauren and Mick Archer’s seemingly ideal marriage has come to a sad and bitter end. Days before the divorce is final and they can announce the news to their family and friends, Mick unexpectedly dies. Now Lauren, a perpetual people-pleaser, finds herself playing the role of the grieving widow – especially for the Archer family, who thought Lauren and Mick were the perfect couple. A year later, during a weekend getaway to upper Michigan, Lauren meets actor Danny O’Leary. They share an instant connection and begin a long-distance relationship. Eventually, they spend more and more time together, as Lauren shows Danny around her hometown of Toledo, Ohio and he introduces her to his life in New York City. While their feelings for each other grow stronger, Lauren deals with the guilt instilled by her icy, impossible-to-please former mother-in-law, Maura, who seems to want Lauren to remain faithful to her son, even after his death. When a shocking secret is revealed, Lauren is shaken to her core as long-buried, painful memories come back to haunt her. As she struggles to deal with her past, Lauren must also look to the future, decide if she’s willing to risk her heart again and believe that she does, in fact, deserve good things in her life.