Penny has watched her sisters find their happily ever afters while longing for her own. Little did she know it would take a bit of French lace and a whole lot of cowpies. As long as Penny Crowther can remember, she’s wanted to spend her life with a man she deeply loves. She’s completely ill-prepared to manage a house, a budget, or a meal, not to mention that children seem to hate her. Penny undertakes a course from the town’s matchmaker guaranteed to remedy her flaws—sometimes with surprising results. Kurt Page, widowed and raising his young daughter, is determined to build a better life. His broken heart has kept him from seeking companionship or even going to the monthly Matchmaker’s Ball—especially that—as the town’s matchmaker has an uncanny record for matching unsuspecting men with just the right person. That is, until he sees Penny. It’s as if he can’t help himself around her and his heart takes control. When an acquaintance from his past threatens the women in his life, he’ll do whatever it takes to protect them.