For three years Elzira has been a triple threat: she's beautiful, a great cook, and maternal. What man in his right mind would bother with any other female while this perfect demoiselle is still unattached? Young men flock to her door, but Elzira dismisses them all. They settle for second best, runner-ups, consolation prizes. Mothers resent her and daughters want to push her off a high cliff.

With a mountain of would-be suitors piling up at her front door, rumors run rampant, and her parents put their foot down.

An arranged marriage? This can't be happening!

Three very different suitors ask for her hand: Theo Roy, a young farmer with a possessive mother; Luc Leduc, a wealthy young widower with a dark past; and Xavier Boutin, a lumberjack with big dreams. Elzira is in for a wild ride!

Kindhearted, pretty boy Theo Roy has been in love with Elzira for years, but he has no better luck than all the other poor sods. He has the rotten luck of being the son of the worst mother on God's green earth and the main reason Elzira won't come near him, let alone marry him.

But Theo's luck is about to change. With all the rumors flying about, Elzira's parents are desperate to find her a husband, and Theo happens to be at the right place at the right time. Good for Theo. Not so good for Elzira. ​​

While married to his first wife - a beautiful socialite - Luc Leduc was on his best behavior. As a widower, he intends to marry a small-town girl and unleash his bad self.

All the single ladies and their conniving mamas are determined to get their claws into this wealthy, handsome widower. But Luc is unimpressed with his choice of potential brides until he meets Elzira. She's the perfect female for what he has in mind. Her mother is thrilled but her father doesn't trust Leduc any further than he can spit. After the Theo fiasco, Elzira is done fighting the inevitable and gives up and gives in. How bad can it be married to Luc Leduc? He has a big house and servants, She'd be crazy to pass that up. The only thing missing from this scenario is love.

Days before the wedding, Luc crosses the line, and Elzira fights back. After ending their engagement, Luc spreads vicious lies about his ex and marries the not-so-virtuous Marguerite Michaux.  It helps that Luc has the priest in his back pocket. 

After Marguerite marries Elzira's ex-fiancé, she moves into the Leduc manor and becomes the envy of everyone. But the townspeople have not seen Marguerite in weeks. Many suspect she’s grown too vain to fraternize with the common folk. Truth is, very few know what goes on at the manor. And they're not talking.

We finally learn what really happened behind the manor doors... and it isn't pretty. Marguerite seems to bring out the worst in Luc, and blind obedience is her only hope. When that fails, desperation pushes her to do the most despicable things, and she must hide her dirty little secrets from Luc if she is to survive this marriage. When Luc’s mistress pays Marguerite a visit, things get out of control. Marguerite may be terrified of Luc, but she's not about to kowtow to her husband’s whore. What unfolds is both funny & heartbreaking.

Xavier is a hard-working lumberjack with a heart of gold and a body as hard as timber. Sure, he's lonely, but he's got big plans, and he doesn't need a female to complicate things. But when Elzira walks into his life, the attraction is immediate. Sexual.

Damn. That wasn't supposed to happen. But he's not about to let his feelings for her derail his plans. He's determined to move on with his life and forget about her.

But can he? Will he?