A down-and-out former professional football quarterback who has lost his family, career and income to gambling meets a young female writer who was kicked-out of her home by her father who wants her to be an engineer. They meet at an abandoned row house on the bayou near New Orleans. At first they hate each other, but after talking intimately and specifically for days they become friends and later fall in love. This is nothing less than a realistic romance, a modern-day love story. Gritty and honest, it is ripped from hearts and souls on fire.