Janine Hartman's grandfather was insisting it would be a perfect match. Zach Thomas, the intended groom, had recently merged his business with the Hartman family firm and that was the only Hartman-Thomas merger he wanted. But what if the stubborn, meddling old man was right? --

Cora Scott runs the popular Wedding Shop in 1930s Heart's Bend, Tenn., attracting brides-to-be from all over the South. She waits anxiously for her lover, riverboat captain Rufus St. Claire, to return and fulfill his promise to marry her, but as the months slip away with no sign of him, a local farmer patiently proves his dedication and worth. In the present day, former Air Force Capitan Haley Morgan returns home to Heart's Bend from her California...