Miranda is a small-town nurse who had to grow up quickly when she lost her mother in her teens, becoming the adult to her father who has never recovered from the loss.

Jacob is a confirmed bachelor whose easy-going lumberjack lifestyle leaves his parents frustrated and begging for him to settle down.

When their fathers enter into an agreement that throws Miranda and Jacob together into an unconventional engagement, they decide to turn the tables on their parents to teach them a lesson. Miranda, the science nerd in high school, will have to team up with Jacob, the high school jock, if they are going to pull off a ploy that will convince everybody they are in it for real and push everyone to the edge as the Big Day approaches.

But what if the ruse becomes too real? Will Miranda and Jacob find, in the end, that the joke's on them?