His job is demanding, the kind that does not clock out when he does. It comes through the door with him: the tension in his shoulders, the faraway look, the sense that he is still at the office even when he is sitting across from her. She notices. She worries. She loves him enough to want the man who used to leave work at work, not the exhausted version who cannot switch off. So she starts looking for a way to help him. A caring wife, willing to do whatever it takes to bring him back to her.
Tony often works out of the country and condones his wife having a lover. Wife gets blackmailed. Tony decides it is time for a change and relationships get reshuffled. Will Seely ever say "Hi, Mom, I'm Home" to her mother?
Rescued at sea by Sweet Christine, a grizzled old sailor is pulled into the whirlpool of first mate Heather's hot desire and captain Mike's reluctance as the small boat sails across the vast Pacific, leaking her secrets.