Lydia Shrock knows Jay Lapp dislikes her, but that won't stop her from asking him to volunteer for the Handiman Auction organized to help an Amish family provide for their critically injured son. If Jay's gorgeous face and piercing blue eyes inspires either the English or Amish women of Illinois to dig into their pockets for a good cause, then Lydia will do whatever it takes to secure his participation.

Jay isn't sure why he wound up on the auction block being eyed by a bunch of women, but he knows who to blame for it: Lydia, the lovely, distracting, off-limits best friend of his younger sister. Amish hate the spotlight, so how did anyone get the preachers' approval for such an outlandish idea? As far as he's concerned, the sooner this nightmare is over, the better.

The last thing either of them expects is for Lydia's silent bid to wind up winning Jay, or that their "date" will lead them to discover that maybe they don't dislike each other quite as much as they thought. In fact, maybe it's just the opposite...