All of a sudden Dr. Nate Williams, a young dynamic cardiologist, finds himself kicked out of his hospital for a month. He had always prided himself that he was not part of the complicated human mess that he treated. Not understanding what has driven him to forego relationships in his arduous journey to excel in medicine, he is set adrift trying to figure out what to do with himself when he meets Angela, a bookstore owner, who diagnoses him with a fiction reading disability and invites him to be a part of her club. Here he meets Tony and Rita restaurant owners, Cindy a third grade teacher and her husband Rick a biologist, Gregg an English professor, his pale wife Samantha and Father Jim. His love affair with Angela and his relationship with the members of her club take him on a journey where he learns what a heart is really for. For the first time he knows love and tears and becomes part of the complicated human mess. And then there is Sandy.