 James Gannon, the hardboiled city editor of a newspaper, believes that the only way to learn the business is by way of the School of Hard Knocks, and has a very low regard for college-taught journalism, so he s not pleased when his managing editor orders him to help Erica Stone, a college professor, with her journalism class. Finding himself attracted to her, he pretends to be a student in her class, not revealing he s Gannon, whom she despises. As they bob and weave around their mutual growing attraction, they both begin to gain respect for each other s approaches to reporting news, but how will Erica react when she finds out who he really is?