Jack Willis is a handsome roadtrain driver with a secret - he has just become a top-selling romance novelist. However, being a &#39man&#39s man&#39 in the Australian outlook, to avoid embarrassment, he needs a name, a woman&#39s name - and he chooses that of his best friend, Ruby Vale. He must do some fancy footwork to continue the charade when the glamorous city publisher, Ziggy, arrives in dusty outback Lucktown to sign &#39Ruby Vale&#39 to a major book deal. Ruby agrees to help Jack though it&#39s for her own gain as well - the publisher will pay for her coming wedding (with Hamish, Jack&#39s buddy). Accompanied by Jack, Ruby goes to Sydney to meet the media, appear on TV and cocktail parties, etc. Gradually, Jack realizes that he has fallen in love with Ruby, while Ruby is also touched by Jack&#39s novel. However, Hamish arrives in Sydney a few days later and asks both of them to stop all these foolish things...