Justin, a brash young lawyer takes a job in Aspen as a Deputy D.A. To make ends meet, he moonlights as a bartender, and shares an apartment with the idealistic Mercedes, a social worker who doubles as a ski instructor on weekends. Sparks fly, but when Justin prosecutes Darla, a widow and favorite social work client of Mercedes, they can kiss their budding romance goodbye. Mercedes takes Justin to task over his strict law-and-order approach, while he simply can't abide her bleeding heart, and hijinks ensue. However, when it appears that Darla is the victim of a much larger conspiracy, Justin and Mercedes must put aside their differences to make sure true justice and mercy are meted out. And they just might find out that they are just opposite sides of the same coin.