Former Delta Commander Brooks Harriman crashed and burned when his fiancé betrayed him with his very own brother. With the intervention of God and a really great Baltimore cop, Brooks became a recovering alcoholic. He left Baltimore, the O's, baseball, church and his family to seek a life of quiet faith and solitude in the North Country. Now a woodcrafter, a talent and trade passed on from his father, Brooks has created a steady, non-drama life. Just what he wants. But when Rita Slocum works to conquer her own addiction, and when he sees the struggle of a single mother overcoming addiction in a small town, Brooks wants to help, but he hasn't let anyone in, anyone really close for a lot of years. Does he dare start now? With Rita? She's been betrayed by her husband and her brother-in-law and is dealing with three kids, one of whom is a—he hates to say it—brat. When a stray dog rattles his well-guarded quiet life, and three kids bring love and chaos to his ordered existence, the former operative realizes that maybe this is the second chance he doesn't think he deserves... but maybe—Just maybe—He does.