A British woman falls in love with a famous mountaineer, but after marrying him begins to feel afraid. During sex he sometimes hurts her and three women in his life died accidental deaths. The woman turns detective and her fears come true.
Accepting a last-minute teaching position in a small Alaska fishing town, Bean finds herself unexpectedly falling in love and marrying, only to become widowed and paired up with an aging, kleptomaniac mother-in-law.