A getaway weekend to a bayou bed-n-breakfast seems the perfect spot for New Orleans former playboy Ethan Galen to get acquainted with a nice girl for a change and take care of a little business too. But when a fellow guest vanishes into the swamp, his plan to resurrect his reputation and family fortune hits a snag. The object of his affection turns out to be Cora Dearing, a would-be reporter for the newspaper responsible for his family's disgrace. Cora sees the disappearance as her opportu...

Chloe Galen, the family wild-child has been expelled from college for the third time. Using her passion for art and creative ability to stay alive, she takes a job in a gallery and lands in the middle of an international art fraud.