Big Frog in a Little Pond, by LaJoyce Martin (paperback)

Clinton Blake is a dismal failure at everything he tries. A zero. He loses job after job. However his friend Jeff-who has rescued him from penury time and again-is not willing to give up on him. Thus he comes up with a cunning plan to make Clint a millionaire in one year if Clint will follow his rules to the letter... He sends Clint to a tiny village, where he becomes a "big frog in a little pond." Here, everything works well. Too well, in fact. According to the "rules," Clint must marry the beautiful Mamie Sherwood when she proposes to him. Should he follow the rules-or his heart?