Poppy Thompson: The self-proclaimed homeliest woman in town, she deals with animals for a living rather than people.

Bren Price: The ever-proper minister's wife, she does everything her husband tells her, but lately her best just isn't good enough.

They'd never even spoken to one another until a surprise inheritance brings them together. A fortune in sparkling jewelry could give them what each desires most — Poppy's surgical transformation, Bren's escape from her husband. Yet the real treasure just might be the friendship these two total opposites form once they discover all that glitters isn't gold.