Over the years, a child's romantic ideals about death blossom into necrophilia, the study of embalming and the most profound relationship of her life.

Robbie Steele is worried that her star hockey player has lost his edge. It's the high-powered attorney's job to negotiate the sale of Vancouver's pro hockey team, and she needs Cody Harris, the retired bruiser who attracted all the fans. But her plans to lure him back into the game are thwarted by a higher power; he's a Christian now, and his days of kicking butt are over. Will Robbie get him back, or will Cody show her what's important in life?