Sunset in St Tropez/ Steel D.

As Diana Morrison laid the table at her elegant Central Park apartment, there was no warning of what was to come. Spending New Year's Eve together was a sacred tradition for Diana, her husband of thirty-two years, Eric, and their best friends, Pascale and John Donnally and Anne and Robert Smith. As the couples sipped champagne, they talked of renting a villa together in the South of France the following summer. Just two weeks later, Robert suffers a sudden loss. United in their grief, his friends urge him to join them on the Riviera in August. But the ramshackle old mansion they rent is far different from the exquisite villa touted in the brochure. And more surprises are in store for the villa's occupants...