Linda was a successful playwright when she met Tom Beaumont—yet she left Manhattan and moved to his birthplace without a second thought, settling happily into the gracious life of New Orleans society. She knew it was what Tom wanted ... But three years later, Tom and Linda are suddenly at odds when Tom begins work at a coffeehouse- theater—a building earmarked for demolition by Linda's employer. Subtly, imperceptibly, their values, their goals, even their perspectives seem to be drifting apart ... Can love alone bridge the gap that widens between them?