Now that her friends are all marrying or moving away Heart Beachy has started feeling lonely. Worse everyone keeps asking when shes going to find a man of her own. Dont they realize Heart has her hands full at home with her widowed dad too many chores and a menagerie of needy small animals? Besides she doesnt understand the fuss about marriage. Its enough to make her consider finally becoming a pet-sitter or moving to an English community where she wont be an oddity . . .