Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed with Tom's fiancee, American actress Nola.
An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
