One animal shelter + two lonely hearts = the perfect recipe for unexpected love. From the time he was a child, Brent Todd has helped lost pets find healing and homes. Now, he runs Romance's Finding Forever Animal Rescue. Completely focused on the animals in his care, he convinces himself his life is full. Then a beautiful woman and her son volunteer to help at the shelter. Brent soon realizes he needs more than the rescue animals to fill the empty spaces in his heart and home. A dedicated single mother, Nicole Crawford views romance as nothing more than a lovely idea. To teach her son about helping others, they volunteer at Finding Forever on a temporary basis. But the more time she spends with Brent, the more she realizes it'll be impossible to walk away from him with her heart intact. If Brent can convince Nicole to give their relationship a chance, they just might find their own forever family.