Interior designer Tara McKenzie took a new job in a new city, St. Louis, with a boss who really doesn't seem to like her. Mickey Dolan resents the fact that his partner hired his design team while he was out of town, and that goes double for Southern Belle Tara. She gives off all the vibes of being amazingly high maintenance, Mickey's least favorite feminine trait. Through a series of work related encounters, Mickey finds out that he his wrong about his Southern Belle, and learns to trust her with his family's renovation projects, and his most closely guarded secrets regarding the company. In a relatively short period of time, their mutual attraction blossoms, and Mickey finds out that Tara was once betrayed by a man she should have been able to trust. The pair work through some difficulties before Mickey admits that he was wrong about her being High Maintenance, and Tara figures out that she really can trust him with her whole being.