Sam, who after his bike is broken in an obvious crash into the ocean, turns into stranded in a small New England city, finds refuge at a run-down motel managed by Kate, a equally burnt-out, misplaced soul. The thriller round Sam's presence on the town unravels when it is found that his estranged daughter Audrey lives there - the daughter he hasn't seen her in 25 years. As he tries to bridge the hole between the little lady he left way back and the girl who grew up with out her father, Sam learns he was by no means cut-out to be emotionally related to anybody - until he falls in love with one other soul simply as lonesome.