"In her wildest dreams, spunky and impulsive nineteen-year-old Mary Kate Lapp never imagined herself behind a schoolteacher's desk. A run-in (literally) with the schoolteacher compels her to act as a substitute teacher, just as her restless desire to see the world compels her to apply for a passport ... just in case. The only thing of interest to M.K. in the sleepy Amish community of Stoney Ridge is the unexplained death of a sheep farmer that coincided...

When Julia Lapp believes her fianc�e has postponed their wedding due to the advice of perpetual bachelor Roman Troyer, she sets herself on a mission to punish the nomadic beekeeper and secure the future she has dreamed of.