Lucy O'Shields is comfortable. She's the secretary for the English Department she graduated from, and the quirky circle of professors surrounding her office keep her busy, content, and entertained. Thankfully, the hopeless-crush-at-first-sight she nursed as a student for one of these professors was squelched long ago.

Dr. Forrest Graham is uncomfortable. After ending another aimless romantic relationship, he finds his long-suppressed attraction for the department's secretary and his former student, Lucy, much harder to ignore. Knowing she is out of bounds is doing nothing to dampen his attraction.

When tragedy strikes Forrest's family, Lucy proves once again that her friendship is indispensable. But with new feelings simmering perilously close to love, Forrest fears losing the most important relationship in his life. At the same time, Lucy wonders if her school-girl crush has evolved into something irrepressible.

With help from their obtrusive but well-intentioned co-workers and friends, can Lucy and Forrest embrace feelings they've so long denied?