Wil Bregon is on the Barbary Coast trailing a ring of jewel smugglers, about to make their getaway on a vessel bound for the Orient. To trail his suspects, Wil has donned a disguise, appearing as an elderly fellow with thick spectacles. But with his quarry on the move, those foggy spectacles cause Wil to collide with a young pregnant girl fleeing a nearby church. Bedlam breaks out, and before either of them realizes what's happening, they're arrested and jailed together as pickpockets.Honey has a special avocation few understand. She hates to see women forced into unwanted marriages or pressured into romantic relationships with unworthy men who aren't easily dissuaded to drop their suits. Honey has a number of tricks up her sleeve...but the false pregnancy trick backfires when she meets a Denver detective who's also a lawyer. He agrees to represent her in the court hearing following their arrest...and the hearing unveils a public scandal that will rock the whole city of San Francisco.Their attraction was inevitable, but soon it becomes apparent someone is watching and waiting for the right opportunity to strike. Even as their love blossoms, danger also blooms, and both Honey and Wil soon find themselves in a desperate fight with time running out.