Alexandra Wyatt is a daddy's girl. Her deceased father was a renowned environmental lawyer who wanted the same career for his little girl and has left her a fortune to ensure it. Alexandra is doing her best to live up to his dream and has just completed law school, having led a cloistered life focused on her studies. Enter Joshua Phoenix, the dashing and sensual professor who hands Alex her law diploma and receives a spontaneous hug in return. The resulting sparks of passion lead the couple on an impassioned on-again, off-again affair as Joshua tries to teach Alex to enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Simple Pleasures takes on some big topics-career versus family, corporate life versus the simple life-as it traces the budding, powerful passion between two individuals who are trying to learn how to love.