In this classic romance vel, an improbable romance blossoms between two characters who under most circumstances would never give one ather the time of day. Our heroine, Eve is the daughter of Botanist explorer. She has lived in and out of a steamer trunk for her entire adult life. While awaiting passage to the next expedition, they are staying at a popular mountain vacation hotel. One morning, her father enters into a conversation with a jaded, superficial, young stockbroker, James Barton, who is lamenting both his ennui and the intellectual dullness of beautiful young ladies. Eve Edgarton is t who she seems to be. A short encounter with Mr. Barton shows that first impressions are t always right or indicative of ones seemingly obvious preference or ones proclivity.