A friends-to-lovers, unplanned pregnancy, small-town romance about a broken heart, a forbidden night, and a love that changes everything. Vet nurse Beth Lawson knows her relationship with Jude is on life support, but she never expects him to choose Valentine’s Day to confess he doesn’t want kids. Devastated, she walks out—on Jude, on their home, and on the dreams she’d built around him. Archer Cole, Jude’s friend and a psychologist at Sunrise Bay’s new therapy center, PAWS, has been quietly in love with Beth for years. When he hears what’s happened, he finds her at a local bar, intending only to make sure she’s okay. But one glass of wine becomes three, one touch becomes a kiss, and before the night is over, years of suppressed desire explode into a night neither of them can forget. The next day, Jude says he wants her back. Confused and ashamed, Beth keeps her distance… until she discovers her night with Archer has left her unexpectedly pregnant. Now Archer is torn between guilt and longing, and Beth between heartbreak and hope. But when they both start working at PAWS together, the walls between them begin to crumble. Because sometimes the love you weren’t supposed to have is the one that finally sets you free.