Letitia Thornquist, a librarian in the Midwest, just inherited the family sporting goods business, an industry giant. She's green in business and in the dark about sports, but at least she's enthusiastic. How will she learn?

Joel Blackstone, the company's CEO, can teach her, but he dreads the thought of it. Then he sees that under Letitia's conservative navy suit lurks a vital and sensuous woman. After he plays mentor, he'd like to talk about a merger.