Successful Chef Anton Saparosa had the perfect life. Great marriage; beautiful and adoring wife; trendy, SoCal restaurant frequented by celebrities – many of them his friends. Then Covid hit. Anton's perfect life dissolved before his eyes. With nothing left to keep him in California, he starts an itinerant cross-country journey searching for something to give his life meaning again. Happenstance lands him in the tiny town of Dickens just as Dorrit's Diner is thrown into chaos. Literary Agent Portia Avon needs a rest. A messy divorce has her craving quiet and the company of her friend and client A.B. Cards, nee Abra Bree. She comes from the western heat of California to the eastern cold of Dickens and plans to do nothing but rest, relax, and read during her holiday stay. When Portia spots a familiar face in Dorrit's, she's confused. Why is Anton Saparosa, one of the most recognizable chefs in California, working as a fry cook in Abra's mom's diner, and going by the name Tony Smith? A question Portia wants an answer to, but one Tony isn't willing to share, especially with a woman he can't stop thinking about.