Romantic comedy for mature audiences Chris O'Keith was a loving wife, mother and practising Christian. The end of her marriage brought a dramatic change of character. Her vicious hatred towards men is public knowledge and has males avoiding her like the plague. Chris and her four children live with Bill, her grandfather, who employs a builder, Rick Eastly, to do extensive renovations. She will attempt to insult and humiliate this builder; however, he can give as much he gets and has Bills full blessing to do so. Rick learns Chris has a secret. Without revealing he knows, he seeks to tame the shrew and get her to openly admit her problem. Manuscript written in 1994