Cancer-recovered Nel Innes happily rejoined husband Marc running his New York restaurant, but discovers their marriage of 20 years wrecked, he only hid his affair with pastry chef Melissa to spare her while sick. Fleeing to widower father Gerald's estate, she's shocked again: he decided to sell it to wine magnate Jake Carlyle's 'tacky' firm Brandovino, and enjoy his autumn with second love Margret. Despite Nel's grossly aggressive misbehavior, a spark flies, yet she decides to bid against him, which Marc enables by offering to sell the restaurant and make up for their teen brat daughter's sake, but quickly proves inept in every respect.