Laura D’Arbanville thought she had the fairy tale – meet a tall, dark stranger, marry, have a family and live happily ever after. But having devoted twenty-eight years to keeping everyone else happy, she realises that her children no longer need her and, judging by his disdainful attitude, neither does her husband, Joe.
She now spends her days drinking coffee and wondering how to turn her life from mundane to charmed. Meanwhile, enter Natasha, a glamorous Russian visitor; Bill Maxwell, a foul mouthed villain; and Jack, an unpredictable detective. Suddenly Laura finds herself in the middle of a different kind of dream as she is threatened in one way or another by all the people around her…