Jordan Stamford is allergic to babies. As war rages in Vietnam, this jet-setting playboy, whose motto is 'money can buy anything, ' arrives in Sarah Watson's seaside home to redevelop a disused factory complex. Sarah is the only child of an elderly minister of religion and adores her bay side home. She yearns for a loving husband and babies. Will Jordan 's shameful family history and Sarah's desperate longing for a child, be an insurmountable barrier for them to overcome?