When architect Tess Abbot's house catches on fire during renovation, she blames building contractor Roman St. John for the blaze. A man of his word, Roman honors a boast Tess has goaded him into making, that if the job wasn't done on time she could move into his house. As bad an idea as moving in with a hot man who has marriage material written all over him, the stubborn Tess is hell-bent on holding him to his word.

But escalating sexual tension and close quarters confound her determination to keep her hands off the one man who could reduce her to the "June Cleaver" status her father has planned for her. But Tess adds spark to Roman's life and he likes it. Now all he has to do to win Tess' love is to tame her...but not too much...in this modern day Taming of the Shrew story.