Every woman needs a backup plan, and no one knows that better than foreign correspondent Dinah Davis, who's spent years wriggling out of international hot spots. Now she's come home to South Carolina's Lowcountry to hook up with the dependable man who long ago promised his devotion. But instead of finding the safety she's seeking, she winds up in the arms of his black-sheep brother. Cordell Beaufort would go after Dinah himself if the opinionated debutante weren't so much trouble.