Is love just an illusion? To the outside, Clare has everything: a beautiful home, a devoted husband and daughter, and plenty of money. But she is bored. And she is plagued by doubts. Her husband Clive spends most of the year abroad โ but what does he do after work hours? And her daughter Sally claims to spend all her time with horses and homework โ but what about boys? Lonely, thwarted and unfulfilled โ and against Cliveโs wishes โ Clare takes a job managing a cafรฉ. Her ambition is to experience real life, to escape the imaginary feelings that plague her. But when a handsome stranger walks through the door, there is nothing imaginary about her feelings...