Reporter Curt Devlin loves sob sister Ellen Garfield but believes women are "bum newspapermen". When she learns the identity of a murdered arsonist, he calls it luck. When she goes after the murderer he gets enough evidence to have Maitland Coulter arrested. She finds a bunch of "not guilty" ballots and publishes the wrong story; he eavesdrops on the jury and gets the correct verdict. After being fired she gets a confession from the real killer and gets Coulter released.
盖布拉瑞(克里斯蒂娜·米利安 Christina Milian 饰)刚刚结束了一段失败的恋情,成为了被甩的哪一方,祸不单行的是,她在旧金山的设计公司也因为经营不善而关门大吉了。事业和爱情受到双重打击的盖布拉瑞只能够依靠酒精来排遣内心的郁闷。
一次偶然中,盖布拉瑞参加抽奖活动,竟然获得了一间位于新西兰乡间的旅馆的所有权。坐上了飞机飞行了数千公里,盖布拉瑞终于见到了这座属于自己的旅馆,然而这间破破烂烂的房子让盖布拉瑞失望透顶。于是,盖布拉瑞决定和名叫杰克(亚当·迪莫斯 Adam Demos 饰)新西兰承包商合作,将旅馆翻新并且出售,在此过程中,盖布拉瑞遇到了很多令她啼笑皆非的意外。