Resisting romantic commitments while enjoying a life of boating, swimming, and barbecues, a young man is unable to deny his attraction to his new neighbor, a defensive woman whose long-time boyfriend further challenges his growing feelings.

A soldier on leave meets and falls in love with a college student, but when they are separated because of his service their relationship is tested by the distance between them.

Each at a turning point in their lives, a man and woman meet by chance at an inn in a small, coastal North Carolina town.