Kate Armstrong, has to return to college in order to keep her job. Along with her computer courses, her boss has arranged for her to take a course in Romantic Literature. On her first day of classes, she learns Denny Bostian, the jerky jock from high school who gave her fits, will be her professor. Her hope is to sit in the back and not be noticed.
Denny Bostian has taught Romantic Literature for years in the UW system. With the loss of his wife, he wants a new start and asks to be relocated to the campus in his home town. When he sees Kate Armstrong is one of his students, his interest is piqued. Could she be the same girl he remembered from high school? If so, could he make up for the way he treated her in the past?