Pat Fraser loves her comfortable little house in a peaceful, 1940s neighborhood of Calter Creek, Ohio. When she learns of plans to build a mall across the street, she sees red. She's not overly fond of the developers, either -- especially Alan Carmichael, who had made her working life hell as her supervisor two decades ago. She wants nothing to do with him, even though he tempts her as no man has in years. Unfortunately, to make the mall something she can live with, she's forced to work with Alan.