Olivia Young is a smart, beautiful and splendid student from Norway. Her life is going nowhere until she meets Graham Nolan, a puny, muscular man with a passion for writing. Olivia takes an instant disliking to Graham and the brutal and snotty ways he learnt during his years in England. Olivia begins to notices that Graham is actually rather good at heart. But, the pressures of Graham's studies leave him blind to Olivia's affections and Olivia takes up Painting to try an distract herself. Finally, when greedy student, Jessica Plumb, threatens to come between them, Olivia has to act fast. But will they ever find the love that they deserve?