Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing after college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, still living at home. She is overworked and underpaid. Her boss points out to her that a high-profile author (Beau) has failed to deliver his long-awaited manuscript. She has to do is go to the author's Santa Barbara mansion and give him a quick pep talk. Izzy needs Beau to deliver but they argue and the project is complicated. Then both discover that they have more in common than they expected...