Since Norman Wellington's death, his near-clueless widow Sabrina let their Cornish hotel, on a dream estate, get into ominous debt with family banker Harding. When her friend Lisa Moore deserts her job as London lawyer Vince Stevens's secretary and secret admirer over a birthday misunderstanding and returns to Cornwall, they meet and decide to swap places for a while. Sabrina falls in love with Vince, who becomes the mediator with her estranged mother, lady Isabel, Lisa makes up with local ex- lover and sailing-partner Bob Makenzie, whose help proves crucial in finding out why the hotel is loosing money.