After 18 years abroad, former missionary Rose Mary Wittington is welcomed back home in the most unexpected, astonishing way possible: She is robbed of her car, clothes, and a fair bit of her dignity.
Left with only a rather revealing dress, Rose Mary ends up being mistaken for an anonymous escort at the local "Hunt the Sheriff" fundraiser.
Then ...
Unbeknownst to her, what is supposed to be a mock ceremony is signed off by a local pastor and a judge, and Rose Mary all of a sudden finds herself legally married to Sheriff Otis Maclebee.
As Rose Mary and Otis are about to find out, miracles and stranger things have happened.
And to their surprise, they just keep happening.
For all they know, their union is part of God's plan in the first place...