Plot Synopsis

As Valentine's Day approaches, Kristie Simmons, an idealistic young attorney, initiates a legal battle in her Pacific Northwest seaside village, trying to get approval for a bike lane for the local residents. When Bill, a local veterinarian with whom she's in a lackluster relationship, informs her that an adorable dog named Gidget needs a home while her owner is away, Kristie agrees to care for her and quickly becomes attached. While out walking the dog, she meets Keith Amos, a hotshot attorney on assignment from Seattle, who is out walking his dog. Though Keith is immediately smitten with him, her initially pleasant reaction to him turns sour when she learns he is her opposing counsel in the bike lane case. Despite her being turned off by his smug attitude in the courtroom, she eventually warms up to him especially after he winds up conceding the argument to her in court, helping her win the case. Kristie begins having feelings for him but when she takes the case against a power land developer who wants to build condos on a nature preserve and discovers that Keith is the rival attorney, she tells him that she never wants to see him again. Now, with Valentine's Day just around the corner she feels like her life is falling apart and wonders if she'll ever have another chance at love and romance.