Tragedy ripped them apart. Chance brought them together again. Now this Daddy just has convince his baby girl to trust him enough to stay... A single lapse in judgment as a teenager, and Ashley Carter's life was never the same. Now a single mom barely scraping by on the meager tips from her job at The Apple Inn Cafe, she's desperate to see some kind of light at the end of the tunnel. Even if it turns out to be a train. So when an old friend comes rolling back into town and offers her not only a place to stay but a brand new start far away from the disapproving stares and whispers of her hometown, she jumps at the chance to give her children the life they deserve. It all seems too good to be true—even if the offer comes with a list of rules and punishments that make her feel like a naughty little girl. And maybe it is. Maybe after everything she's done, she doesn't deserve anything more than just barely surviving. Or maybe her new Daddy can finally free her from the weight of her past, and show her how beautiful a future with him could be...