Cheerful freelance journalist Samantha and Jay an up-and-coming chef from the city throw both caution and money to the wind when they decide to convert a huge run-down country estate they inherited into a bed-and-breakfast--until they discover that it is inhabited by the spirits of many deceased former residents. The departed souls are a close-knit eclectic group that includes a saucy Prohibition-era lounge singer a pompous 1700s Militiaman a 1960s hippie fond of hallucinogens and an overly upbeat '80s scout-troop leader. If the spirits were anxious about the commotion a renovation and B&B will create in their home it's nothing compared to when they realize Samantha is the first live person who can see and hear them.