Jovie Reed isn't looking for a guy. Between running her business and attempting to pen a best-selling novel, she doesn't have the time or energy for the romance she writes about. Ewan Alexander has one woman in his life—his little sister, Amelia. But then his disobedient dog, Clark, crashes into Jovie, a dog trainer, and their attraction is immediate. Despite their reservations, Jovie and Ewan fall victim to the chemistry between them and the relationship heats up quickly. The couple, along with Amelia, ease into a comfortable rhythm until someone else changes the game. Someone deadly. And he wants Jovie.

Lydia Reed is a busy woman. Raising a pre-teen as a single mom is no easy task, but there really wasn't another option. Jacob Teller's life has not turned out as planned. Losing his mother, his apartment, and discovering his wife has been unfaithful sends him back to his home town. A chance run-in brings Lydia's world crashing down while bringing Jacob the hope of a family he never realized he was missing. But life and emotions are never simple and are always messy. Obstacle after obstacle threatens to tear them apart while Jacob fights for his family and Lydia battles her heart and mind as they engage in a vicious game of tug-of-war.

Briggs Layton is the underdog, it’s been that way since birth, but coming in four minutes behind his superior brother, Beck, has never bothered him. Briggs being burned, literally and figuratively by Beck is a different story. With a failed almost marriage, a sick mother, and a party-boy brother, Briggs goes through life in a bit of a haze. Work, home, and taking notes about everything he observes takes up all his time. Until he sees her. Harriet Wolfe is homeless, carless, loveless, and alone. And all in one week. What else is a girl to do when Karma kicks her down again? She starts over. With a couple of bags, a scrap of paper reminding her what to do, and one single friend across the country, Harriet gets on a bus and doesn’t look back. A fresh start, far away from her former life is just what she needs. She quickly acclimates and makes a family of her own, but one notebook and a dark cloud from her old life threaten to tear it all apart.

Cori Sharpe: Single mom, fearless, perpetually loveless. With a daughter to raise and an ex-husband in prison, she wouldn’t have time for a man if she wanted one. When a tall, sexy, and tatted single dad shows up in ballet class with his daughter, Cori’s idea about men starts to shift. The more time she spends with Griffin and his daughter, the less she fears trying her hand at love again. Griffin Steele: Single dad, inked, badass. Since a daughter he never knew was dropped in his lap, life as he knew it was flipped upside down. Instead of late nights with lose women, he’s home in time for bedtime stories. As his priorities shift from fun to family, he finds himself falling for Cori and her spunky daughter who seem to pull his own child out of her shell a little more with each meeting. All he needs is to convince Cori that one family together is better than two apart.