Elinor Andersen is an ultra-conservative bank officer looking for a lifetime commitment. Fisherman Africa Brown is a sexual predator keen to add another notch to the bedpost. When Elinor loses her job and agrees to help out at the historic local hotel where he lives in between fishing trips, their common cause to save the building from a developer reveals another side to the obnoxious ruffian.

To Elinor's dismay she falls in love with this Mr Very Wrong. Dare she heed her misbehaving heat and take a chance – or listen to her head and settle for the security her ex-fiance is offering?