Screenwriter Joey Adams is sure her boyfriend—plastic surgeon Laurence Benson—is about to propose. But when he confesses that he has fallen in love with a leggy, silicone-stuffed model-actress, Joey is devastated. The worst part is having to explain to her family that she's been dumped at the surprise engagement party thrown by her sisters. Determined to win back her man, she concocts a plan with the help of an unlikely ally.

Director Ryan Donovan is shooting a big-budget movie in Milan that will establish him as a major filmmaker. But when he spies Joey Adams in Italy and recalls their memorable encounter in L.A.—he agrees to help her try to make her ex-boyfriend jealous. But will the ruse turn out to be just a charade, or the real thing?