As eldest, Hannah Troyer believes she is solely responsible to keep the family orchard thriving after her father's passing. The formal school teacher finds joy in the trees and the farm despite it all being more than she can handle. When the local matchmakers see the need, they put their heads together to help Hannah and her family, and to secure another love match.
Leon Milford, one of the six Milford brothers to have moved to Miller's Creek, loves trying new things, especially if he can be the best at them. Competitive and proud, his father sends him to help the one person in Miller's Creek Leon can't compete with. The beautiful Hannah Troyer has already outmatched him publicly, and now he is to spend an entire summer helping the only girl to reject him in the apple orchard.
For one summer while Cicada's plague Miller's Creek with their racket, these two are set to show just how far one will go for love.