Allen Peterson was a man who had never been loved. Cazzie Wright was a girl without a father, with a mother who didn't have the time to give her the guidance she needed. Cazzie's life was going nowhere fast when she took a summer job with Mr. Peterson. When it went rapidly and even further downhill Mr. Peterson was there for her, no questions asked, to rescue the fair young maiden, So she proposed: When she was old enough would he marry her?Peterson was a self-made man. Would he be able to make the adult Cazzie as well? Would they be able to keep their relationship aboveboard despite the temptations? Would Cazzie be able to cut her ties with Allen's controlling nephew and his bullying friends? Was what Allen wanted for her what Cazzie wanted out of life?