Journalist Kitty Callahan throws herself into her work after her love affair with married lifeguard Will Margrave ends in ruin. But five years later, fate brings them together again in the Canadian wilderness, where the widowed Will now lives. By chance, Will has to shelter Kitty for a few days, although he himself once drove the girl away from him, afraid of the feelings emerging between them. Old grievances are remembered, old feelings for each other come to life... But every day it becomes more and more difficult for Kitty and Will to feign indifference...