Set in Chicago, a contemporary fairy tale about a recently widowed architectural engineer, Bob Rueland, whose life takes a horrible turn when his wife's life is suddenly taken. He is haunted by her memory, and is still desperately in love with his wife. To cover his pain, and avoid dealing with his loss, Bob buries himself in work. Bob is trying to 'get his life back' when he meets Grace Briggs, a waitress working in an Irish-Italian restaurant. who has just received a new lease on life through a long-awaited heart transplant. The surgery will save her from the medical fate that took her own mother's life when she was still a child. A recluse until now, Grace is exhilarated and frightened by the whole new world in front of her. Drawn together by the playful fates, they must prove that love is made possible by much more than a few fast heartbeats.