While Canadian, Amar Masoud, is vacationing in her father's homeland of Syria, she finds far more than simple food and drink after she stops for a meal at a seaside cafe. When she engages in light conversation with the beautiful waitress, Yasmina Reyess, and an awkward but intriguing professor from a local university, Dr. Youssef Khalil, she has no idea that she will soon be drawn into a purpose and an adventure that consume her. The gruff Yazan, the elusive Houssam, and the manipulative and injured Rana, all make up a list of characters that bring this story to life as Amar discovers true friendship and eternal love.