When Joel was growing up, his mother's neighborhood friend Serafina Campanale held two special places in his life: First she was the best Italian cook he'd ever known and second, she was his first ever sexual fantasy. Flash Forward 10 years later and culinary school isn't working out so well for Joel. When he bumps into newly separated Serafina at a grocery store he decides it's time to pick her brain on all matters of Italian food.

What starts off as a learning dinner ends with a stolen kiss, an apology and a whole new batch of confusing feelings for both. But Serafina is Catholic, and sex with another man is a sin. Their passion for each other forges an interesting bargain: Giving Serafina 'adoration' in lieu of fornication. However, doubts about the permanency of his passion, catholic guilt and a husband that refuses to go quietly threaten the burgeoning love they have for each other.

Will Joel learn to stop doing what's expected of him and give in to who he really wants to be? Will Serafina throw self-debt and caution to the wind and accept that it is alright to be worshiped and adored?