Owen Cooper had been a hell raising gambler -- forced to
mend his ways and reform when he married the very idealistic
Renée. Now a single-father and respectable member of the
town, he's alternately grateful and exasperated by the well
meaning intrusion of the local womenfolk. These women were
there to help watch his daughter Élodie while he worked and
for that he was thankful. However, their repeated attempts
at matchmaking made him uncomfortable, to say the least.
Knowing he was solely responsible for his daughter's well
being after the loss of his wife, he decided to live an
exemplary life -- pretty much avoiding anything remotely
pleasurable. So far his plan was working.
Daisy Walsh, an author, spent a lot of time on tour with her
manager, Conrad, at various speaking engagements to promote
her book on homemaking and cookery. This last train trip was
giving her problems, in particular she was experiencing
disturbing periods of illness and nausea and Conrad was a
less than gracious traveling companion. She was so looking
forward to a little vacation time with her brother, Thomas,
away from Conrad's constant belittling comments. But now it
seemed her plans were going to be delayed indefinitely by
Conrad. Unknown to Daisy, her brother ran a raffle in his
newspaper with her as the prize -- oh not literally, but her
expertise as a homemaker and cook. In a moment of defiance,
Daisy decides to take a giant leap of faith, not to mention
a daring stab at independence, and embarks on a vacation on her
own. Luckily she finds her way to Morrow Creek and finds
herself the center of attention of some rather unsavory men
who entered her brother's raffle thinking the prize was a
bride for a week. But for some gathered, Daisy was just what
they were looking for. Owen needed help with his young
daughter and a group of determined town's women knew Daisy
was just the ticket. Now the problem was convincing Owen.
Daisy is instantly taken with Élodie but dealing with Owen
and his gruff ways will truly be a challenge. She is going
to have to dredge up every bit of confidence to take on
this father and daughter even if just for a short while.
Life has a funny way of testing you and the rewards are
sometimes greater than you can imagine.
Lisa Plumley takes you back to a time when women were just
beginning to come into their own. But evidently even then
some men felt oblige to control women by denigrating their
worthiness as anything other than a wife and mother.
Plumley makes sure to keep the stakes high and hang the
rules in .
Famous home-keeping expert Daisy Walsh is overwhelmed by the
warm welcome she receives in Morrow Creek, and then she
realizes she's the star prize in the town raffle! She can
bet the lucky winner's not expecting a pregnant woman who
needs a place to stay.
Single father Owen Cooper suspects he's been set up because
his daughter is thrilled to have a woman around the house.
He could get used to the smell of home baking tempting his
taste buds, but the sight of Daisy's stockings is one
temptation too far!
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