When young, broke, and single Chip Harrison finds a bus ticket to Bordentown, South Carolina, he knows it was sent by the hand of fate. It's his way out of wintry New York City, and a way into the warm welcome of the Bordentown sheriff! But before long, Chip charms his way into the sheriff's good graces and into the arms of Lucille, the preacher's daughter. Even Chip should see he is heading for trouble with a capital T!