Single mother Abby Blakely is delighted to be moving from Chicago to the small town of Miracle Harbor, a move that she hopes will be good for Belle, her delightful two-year-old daughter. She's also happy that she's inherited a house, one that she hopes will be suitable for her seamstress business. What she doesn't know yet is that she's inherited a tenant one gorgeous reclusive hunk. Ex-drug enforcement agent Shane McCall surprises a burglar breaking into his home at 2:00 A.M. He's chagrined when the burglar, instead of raising his hands as he's told, retorts that he can't. If he does, he'll drop the baby. Shane quickly realizes his mistake. This isn't a burglar. It's his new landlady. He also realizes that he can't stay. Being around this lovely, vivacious woman and her delightful daughter is more than his bruised heart can bear.

Brittany Patterson came to Miracle Harbor eager to start her new life as a brand-new business owner. So what if she dreamed of inheriting a boutique and instead got a bakery? And so what if she had to marry to keep it? She was determined to have it all. Starting with the stuffy-but-irresistible lawyer she'd set her eyes on.... From the moment he saw beautiful Brit Patterson, Mitch decided she was the last woman he'd ever marry! She was too spontaneous, too irrepressible—too easy to love. And Mitch vowed not to give his heart again. Not even to the woman who'd captured his soul....