Novel
En 1931, Elizabeth Rambeau se traslada de Inglaterra a California para vivir con sus tíos, propietarios de extensos y excelentes viñedos y cuya posición económica, a pesar de la Ley Seca (1920-1933), sigue siendo boyante. Su intención es contraer matrimonio con un importante propietario de viñedos del mismo valle. Pero John Rambeau, un primo ilegítimo de Elizabeth, tiene otras ideas sobre quién sería el marido ideal para ella.
Story
Jim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the United States whom he is to marry. But he receives a telegram from her telling him she has married someone else. He goes to a waterfront café where he meets a singer, Joan Madison, and tells her his troubles. He asks her to marry him and return to the plantation with him using the name of the girl he was to marry. This strikes her as a great idea as she is a wanted fugitive.
Writer
An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.
