Assistant Museum Director Justine Saunders is enticed by the opportunity to sift through vintage treasures from a recently deceased actress. When a snowstorm strands her with the woman's surly son and the much-too-real ghost, she's drawn into their unresolved emotional tug-of-war. Screenwriter Jackson Maddox is eager to wrap up his mother's affairs and escape the one-horse town where she grew up. Unloading old clothes takes an unwanted turn when the appealing historian discovers a path to identify the "famous" father his mom protected to her death. With Justine's beloved museum job in jeopardy, she can't afford the distractions of a rude / broken / fascinating man or his meddling, ghostly mother. Yet she can't resist helping to solve the mystery of his paternity, even as an employment prospect beckons her to shake up her life and move to the big city.