Where was his quiet country retreat now? Dr. Richard Cunningham needed peace to complete his latest "How to" book on child rearing, but when he moved next door to midwife Marnie Ferguson and her four kids, he didn't get it. His early efforts to repel them resulted in Marnie, not knowing he was the author of her cherished theories, quoting his own words back to him! Drawn into their lives, rediscovering how much he enjoyed kids, Richard found it funny and frustrating wooing a woman more concerned about the seize of the turkey than with thoughts of love. But he intended to succeed!