Worlds collide when a Sex in the City girl meets a little House on the Prairie guy. Mel Hannigan is a slick, savvy New York City photographer. Helmut Engle is a solid, down to earth farmer. In spite of their differences, they give in to an irresistible magnetic attraction and share an exciting, intimate interlude. She drags him into her world by the scruff of his red neck with disastrous results.

When charismatic designer Jon Donnell assumes the artist Max Foster is male, she plays along in hopes he will promote her painting career. She doesn't anticipate he will pursue her, or that she will become Millie, the woman of his dreams. Mistaken identities and innocent deceptions lead to romance, jealousy, arrest and true love in Houston's art community.