Hyperactive Kory is moving in with his mom, his new stepdad, and his stepdad's son. His sexy new stepbrother, Trace, takes an instant dislike to Kory. As Kory tries to get Trace to like him so they can get along living together, he finds himself becoming a little too attracted to his new stepbrother.

Mairi Adistone lives in a run down part of Scotland and has accepted life on the scheme. But when the new American guy Kevin meets Mairi's depressed father and sees her crumbling house, he takes her in and gives her a room in his house in Hamilton - complete with central heating AND hot water. The longer Mairi lives there, the more she realises that a hot shower doesn't always fix everything...