Linda Sinclair leads a comfortable life. As a popular English teacher at a small high school in Kingston, Pennsylvania, the 40-year-old single woman prefers to live out the adventures of her books in her mind rather than let loose in real life. But the clouds of a passionate emotional storm gather over her cozy existence when her former favorite student, Jason Sherwood, unexpectedly returns home. The exceptional student had left for New York to seek his fortune as a great playwright—and failed miserably.