Gabriel Maguire thought he'd buried his past until the night he met Holly, only to lose the woman he cared about, again. Holly Jacobs has always put the cart before the horse. A prodigy who shot to stardom in textile design, she never knew a normal life—and there's nothing she longs for more than to be normal. Pregnant before she even knows the name of her baby's father, Holly has put the cart miles ahead of the horse this time. But when she and Gabe meet for the second time, they decide to have their baby together. Holly finally begins to accept her unique way of doing everything backward, but Gabe's very normality drives her up the walls. Then his tragic past rears up; pain and loss threaten to destroy forever the fragile bond that has blossomed between him and Holly. Sometimes the only way to get where you need to be is to put the cart before the horse.

Chandra Chavez didn't buy into the whole falling in love thing since she didn't seem to be very good at it. She certainly didn't see where opposites could attract, until the day that Mike Cavanagh set foot into Maguire's, and sat at the bar. When the seemingly lost software developer fell short on luck, Chandra, the tough and tattooed bartender, thought she was only taking pity on him by giving him handyman work. What she never saw coming, was the change he brought out in her, and her willingness to try love with someone who wasn't like her at all. It seemed too perfect until her ex-husband showed back up and threatened what might have been a perfect relationship. Then again, true love can withstand a shakeup—or can it?