 Emma Burke (Madsen), an unhappily married mother of two, arrives in Hawaii to attend the funeral of Lily, the woman who raised her since infancy. While she s sad about her surrogate mom s death, she also grateful for the chance to escape the demands of her busy, but unfulfilling, life in Boston. Soon Emma s emotional life becomes even more complicated when she has a dalliance with Lily s handsome nephew, Kala (Jason Momoa). The younger man s easygoing ways provide a source of comfort, especially after Emma learns that the birth mother she never knew lives on the island.