A love triangle: Shahrzad (Francia Raisa), a stunning music student, her husband Sean (Max Amini), a successful stand-up comedian, and Sebastian (Ryan Guzman), a poetic Spanish American gardener. Caught in the middle is Shahrzad's piano teacher, Elana (Daphne Zuniga), a former screen femme fatale, who is having her own furtive affair with Sebastian.

Soon Sebastian falls in love with Shahrzad. Shahrzad discovers her semi arranged marriage with Sean is doomed.

Unexpectedly, a friendship flourishes between Shahrzad (Muslim) and her piano teacher Elana (Jewish), nourished by their passion for classical music, especially Tchaikovsky's music. It grows stronger when they learn of each other's secret tragedies.

Shahrzad becomes the focus of attention of two women, Elana and Parissa (Yareli Arizmendi) her mother-in-law. Simultaneously, Shahrzad becomes the object of desire for three men: Sebastian, Sean and Ray (Misha Crosby), the loner brother-in-law.

Infusing the young lovers' secret romance are Rumi's ecstatic poems and Lorca's mysterious poetry that drive Sebastian in pursuit of Shahrzad, inflaming a passion that threatens to destroy all.