Hank Mallone knows he's in trouble when Maggie Toone agrees to pretend to be his wife in order to improve his rogue's reputation. Will his harebrained scheme to get a bank loan for his business backfire once Maggie arrives in his small Vermont town and lets the gossips take a look?

Hired as part of a construction crew by handsome carpenter Matt Hallahan, single mom Lizabeth Kane finds herself falling in love with her boss in spite of their many differences.