Callie Hogan, widowed three years earlier, returns to her home town at her mother's insistence. Landing a job in the local diner was the last thing she expected, but it makes her happy. Henry Cartwright is a travelling salesman who has strayed from his usual route. Meeting the cook at the Grand Falls Diner somehow cements his decision to stay an extra day. His heart tells him to stay even longer, but common sense tells him to run.