She falls into a coma and her memory flashes back to eight years earlier, when she was happily married to Jeffrey and had a loving daughter, Aimee.
Her perfect life had subsequently fallen into pieces when she suddenly loses her husband and daughter in a fire.
Able to focus on her freelance writing career, she makes her literary debut with a bestseller and hires her best friend Barbara as her assistant.
She reluctantly heads to Hollywood, where she falls in love with Justin Wakefield, who is starring in the film adaption.
Upset over Justin's lifestyle, coming and going when he feels like it and refusing to be a traditional husband, Daphne breaks off the engagement.