Juliaas high-powered real estate success doesnat quench her deep thirst for marriage. At 28, the clock is ticking. Growing up strapped for cash with her single mother, Julia thinks freedom from her past will arrive when she becomes Alexas wife. Though he has committed to her numerous times in their three years together, Alex continues to toy with her emotions by promising her a diamond one night and telling her heas not certain if sheas athe onea weeks later. While Alex is struggling for certainty, Julia is an emotional wreck. She escapes mental destruction through isolation in the mountains of New Hampshire, with hopes of trying to fill the hole in her heartaa task which doesnat turn out to be easily accomplished.