Jordan Stamford is allergic to babies.

At the height of the Vietnam war, 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 desperation for a child be an insurmountable barrier for them to overcome?