Peter accepted his fate as a failed novelist turned semi-successful businessman, but even after three children, his wife Georgie always held on to the actress inside her. When Peter gets a job in London, the move leads Georgie down a seductive path to the life she always wanted. Landing a one-woman show, she is drawn into the romance of the stage and begins to feel a kinship with her character. She also develops an irresistible attraction to the show's playwright, beginning an affair that will irrevocably change her life, her marriage and her world.