Dr. Sylvia Reynolds promised to be at her parents’ house in time for Christmas dinner. With a blizzard paralyzing the Midwest, flights are canceled and passengers are trapped in airports for endless hours. While rushing toward the gate, Sylvia stumbles on a baby rattle, sprawls on the floor, and meets a gorgeous man and his baby niece. James Alexander must deliver his five-month-old niece to her grandmother. The successful lawyer, who doesn’t know the ABCs of baby care, is at his wits’ end with the crying baby. Sylvia helps as much as she can. The motherless baby holds on to her for sheer survival. And James simply holds her in his arms... Can Sylvia turn her life and career upside down for Baby Clementine and for James who wants her to stay with him for reasons he has trouble explaining?

The Christmas break so eagerly anticipated morphed into an honorable discharge from the Navy, a permanent leave. Captain Joshua Alexander, M.D. is a disabled vet now. He refuses to go home and meet his cheating wife, or celebrate Christmas with the family. Celebrate what? He lost it all. His adorable little girl. His beautiful wife and their happy future. His medical career as a surgeon, his future in the Navy. And his health. Hidden behind a column at the airport, the divorce letter in her bag, Jenna watches her husband arrive in a wheelchair. Her heart aching for the handsome officer who swept her off her feet two years ago, she decides to take things in hand and maybe save their future.