Always the obedient daughter, Judith Graber watches her younger siblings, helps around the house, and works in her family's store. Judith feels overworked, overlooked, and underappreciated this holiday season. Then her father hires Ben Knox. The "bad boy" of Sugarcreek, Ben left two years ago under a cloud of shame. Now he's back and working side by side with Judith, who steels herself to ignore the sparks that fly between them.