Romance, comedy and mystery abound as a beautiful college professor rents her garage apartment to an official "man of mystery." Theodora "Teddi" Penn makes possibly the worst first impression in history. Sam Cooper is trying to lie low in the small, steamy Florida town. He soon discovers that life around the beautiful but naive genius is never going to be quiet. He resolves to leave, but a series of apparent threats against his red-haired landlady make him stay, even as the dark secrets of his past threaten. Teddi can't figure out why this imposing man wants to rent a small apartment and...