Sara Anderson loves her job as charge nurse at Chicago General Hospital, but she has an unexpected visitor, a tall, husky lawyer who informs her that she has inherited a bar in Bar Harbor from her grandfather. She isn't interested in running a bar as she is happy in her job, but she is told that there is a long-time man in charge of everything, Roy Larsen, who lives on the property. She therefore has the option of selling the bar or living on it and making a good living off the business. Sara doesn't know the first thing about running a bar but decides that she needs to visit it to manage her affairs and help her decide. Roy meets her off the plane and introduces her to the beauty of Bar Harbor and its small time feel. He also has an influence on her final decision in an unexpected way...