Knowing their mom deserves some happiness, Jillene McDermott's teen daughters, Claire and Faye, write a personal ad for her. But their good intentions go wrong when Vince Tremonti, a crime writer who returns home to Blue Heron Beach, steps in as Jillene's "boyfriend." Thrown together, the two can't deny their mutual attraction, and they realize there is more between them than a summer fling.