When her husband died, Deanne Grayson didn't shed a tear. She did, however, worry that his death meant she'd have to return to her hometown in Kentucky. Fortunately, she stumbles upon an ad in the paper from a man in Lincoln, Nebraska who is interviewing for a wife.

Widower Bill Harvey is in need of a wife to help him run his general store. Plus, it would be nice to have help raising his two young children. But being confined to a wheelchair doesn't exactly make him confident when it comes to a more intimate union with a woman. So when Deanne comes in for an interview, he makes a stipulation. He'll marry her, but they won't be consummating the marriage. So the marriage will be more of a partnership than a romance.