Running away was never on Ellie Rhodes' agenda but with a broken marriage tearing at her heart, she leaves her home in Guildford, England and heads to the place she has cherished in her memories since she was a teenager. She arrives in Sumner, South Dakota, as a new year begins, to find her Uncle Cosmo's restaurant, Mulligans, full of joy and laughter. With the warmth of her welcome and the joy of a new friend, in the shape of the exuberant Libby, Ellie's heart begins to heal and she starts to see a future she had not dared to imagine after her husband, Dale's betrayal. Then one evening, Cosmo's neighbour, Jim appears in Mulligans and Ellie finds him hard to resist. Not at all what she had planned when she arrived and definitely not what she needs at a time when she is trying to decide what to do with her shattered life. But when Ellie is reunited with her cousin Rose, who seems determined to continue the squabbles of their teenage years, Ellie's troubles are only just beginning. Will her past come back to ruin her future or can Ellie untangle the truth and clear her path to happiness?