Plot Synopsis

After a six -month romance, Stephanie and Ben go to Palm Springs to tell her family they're engaged, and upon arrival at her parents' vacation home, they learn Stephanie's sister is also engaged to her longtime boyfriend. Since both sisters want July 4th weddings at the beloved house, it's decided Stephanie will wait till next year, unaware the place is up for sale. Graciously accepting she must find another venue for her nuptials, she throws herself into helping her sister launch the perfect Independence Day wedding, just four weeks away. Luckily, Ben pitches in and everyone, but Stephanie's father, adores him. He thinks their courtship is to short and he gets Ben wondering if he really knows Stephanie, especially after finding out she was once engaged. Another issue looms too. Ben's been offered a job with his economics idol in Oxford; and Stephanie, an anthropology professor, is near tenure. Neither wants the other to make a sacrifice, and keep tabling the discussion. But days before her wedding, Stephanie's sister and her fiance are called to work in San Francisco, and his grandmother breaks a hip. Wondering if the universe is trying to slow them down, these future brides and grooms surely have some fireworks awaiting them.