Three young couples, linked by friendship and family, reflect love in various stages. Mel and Malena Ellis, an attorney and a psychiatrist, exercise strong wills and a passion for each other. Their best friends and next door neighbors, Sheri and Dean Winston, a dilettante and an architect, are high school sweethearts and soulmates, comfortable in their marriage. Mel's brother Reggie Ellis, a restauranteur/songwriter, resists any path that might lead to marriage with his girlfriend, divorced teacher Bobbie Seawright.