Alex Doop is a strong, meaty and gracious painter from Bradford. Her life is going nowhere until she meets Christiana Sweet, a beautiful, slim woman with a passion for books. Alex takes an instant disliking to Christiana and the ruthless and tactless ways she learnt during her years in Wigston. However, when a ghost tries to murder Alex, Christiana springs to the rescue. Alex begins to notices that Christiana is actually rather cute at heart. But, the pressures of Christiana's job as a housekeeper leave her blind to Alex's affections and Alex takes up hiking to try an distract herself. Finally, when deranged mechanic, Richard Doop, threatens to come between them, Christiana has to act fast. But will they ever find the deep love that they deserve?