When heiress Ellie Andrews weds gigolo King Westly, she's kidnapped by her unhappy father, who hopes to get the marriage annulled. Fleeing the family's yacht in Florida, Ellie boards a bus where she meets Peter Warne, a recently-fired newspaperman who agrees to get her to New York in exchange for her story. Once the two fall in love, even though all is forgiven at home, Ellie cannot bear losing Peter. But when he slips out to bor­row some money to get married, Ellie returns home, certain she's been deserted. Yet, once Mr. Andrews arranges another wedding with Westly, the realization that Ellie loves someone else prompts him to reunite her and Peter.