A struggling widow falls in love with an illiterate short-order cook whom she teaches to read and write in her kitchen each night.

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

It follows Kerry as she steps in as a costume designer for a holiday rom-com movie shooting in her town. She rediscovers her passion for costume design and finds herself falling for Brad, the film's famous leading man.