Two young expat couples struggle with lives that haven't gone according to plan.
Sarah Robinson and her husband Andrew long for children, but hide their infertility problems.
Jack Martin and his wife Jenny have two small children, whose arrival forced a marriage.
Frustrated by the cards she's been dealt, and plagued by a sense of yearning, Sarah immerses herself in her job, working for Jack in a spectacular underdeveloped country offering the adventure of a lifetime.
She gradually blossoms as a woman in the professional workforce but—she falls in love with Jack and reaches a crucial turning point in her life.
Whose happiness will she protect?