John McCann has a supreme goal in life: To achieve the rarified executive lifestyle. But he's encountered one problem: "The migraines are going to continue to get worse unless you make some major changes in your lifestyle. Perhaps buy a nice little business in the country…" John decides on taking a year's leave of absence and finds himself running Margins, a cozy little bookstore. John expects to put in his year, get his stress under control, and then get back to business.What John doesn't expect is how Margins and its denizens draw him in, particularly the quiet, disheveled man who takes refuge in the old leather chair in the second-hand book section. John's plans for an unattached year of simple business crumble when he meets David and is forced to reevaluate life, love and what he really wants from both. John and David are forced to come to terms with their pasts as they struggle to determine what possible future they might build together.