I'm tired of the sticky days I spend in airports and on planes, and of dismissing 'boys' who think they're going to be my Casinova. The life of an airline stewardess doesn't allow me time to find a good man who will settle down and give me the passionate love I've dreamed about. So, I'm quitting that life and returning home to Marymoor to reconsider my life. Phil Gantry lives next door to my parents. He's kind and established, with a little girl who seems a little lonely to me. Nevermind that he's twelve years my senior, he's handsome and dependable. I like his house, that '89 Firebird he drives around town, and I like what my life would look like there. It's time for me to chart my own destiny. Phillip Gantry has given up on finding a good woman, because the single ones are too young for him. But, when he last spoke to me, I was little more than a child. Now I'm as grown as the wife he tragically lost. I'm Ally Barrow, and I have a plan that will leave Phil Gantry begging for my hand.