Kate is recovering from a disastrous five-year on-off affair with a nasty guy. Once the relationship is firmly severed, his friend declares his love for her - although she's attracted to the charms of the brother of an old school-friend. But is he all that he seems? And could she really be happy living with him for the next sixty years? She's surprised by some exceptional qualities of her ex-lover's friend - there's no doubt that he could make her very happy and fulfil her sexual cravings - but would there be room for him in the change of lifestyle that she's planning, and which she desperately needs?