Woman seeks lifelong commitment. Losers need not apply. Hurry, Prince Charming, this is a birthday present for my Mom.

Mira Millridge's fifteen-year-old daughter, Angel, arranges a special birthday present for her mother ... in the form of five dates from hell courtesy of the personals. Desperate to escape persistent proposals of marriage, queries about her cooking and cleaning skills, and ew, a toe-sucking shoe salesman, Mira accepts Nick Kade's unusual rescue tactics--a fake engagement.

Nick Kade, adventurer turned math teacher, has spent his entire adult life avoiding women like prim and proper Mira Millridge. So what if he's attracted to her? Okay, so she's unlike any woman he's ever met. But he's as surprised as Mira when he saves her from the advances of an unwanted suitor by announcing she's his fiance.

And no one is more shocked than bachelor-for-life Nick Kade when he realizes he wants the fake engagement to turn into a real wedding.