Brandon Walker and Emily Collins, two aspiring authors, hope to become better romance writers by overcoming their main problem--they're both still virgins in their late twenties with no personal knowledge of the subject they wish to write. After receiving rejections from the same agent at a conference in New York City they meet at a bar and drink several double scotches before agreeing to the outlandish proposal of going to a beach house in Clearwater, Florida, and field testing the Kama Sutra for a week. After arriving at the beach house, they experience the comical interruptions of a major sunburn, food poisoning from raw oysters, an unexpected visit from Emily's parents, mosquito bites, etc. But it is when Brandon's ex-girlfriend shows up and becomes an intimate part of their life that they finally have time to concentrate on what has evaded them all week--learning the Kama Sutra.