Stand-In Father: Former detective Joe Dana, he arrived in the nick of time Expectant Mother: Sophie Bayard hadn't expected a handsome stranger to help deliver her baby.. Joe felt he'd had no choice—the woman had been in labor. All he'd planned to do was pick up the family heirloom that the baby's father had stolen—and then return home as fast as he could. Instead, he'd been left holding the baby Joe had a weakness for beautiful woman—not pudgy babies. But he was beginning to like—even love—this daddy stuff. It seemed that both Sophie and her newborn were in on a conspiracy...to turn this bachelor into Father of the Year.