Every man in Paige Dillingham’s life has walked out on her when she needed them the most, so she devotes herself to her first love—delivering babies. Until she meets the sweet, sexy, irresistible brother of a patient and wonders if she dares to risk her heart one more time. For Justin Coleman, settling down and having a family is very important—someday. But for now, he’s perfectly happy playing the field. That is, until the night Paige Dillingham walks into his pub and everything changes. “Just friends” doesn’t last long, but when Justin wants more, old fears return for Paige. Will she have the courage to tell Justin the secret she’s hidden from everyone—the secret that could very well be the deal breaker that shatters her dreams one last time?

Haley Donahue’s husband has been missing in action for more than a year, a year of waiting and pain as she watches other soldiers return home to their families. Determined to build a better life for her toddler Ryan, Haley relocates to Nashville and takes a job as nanny to a little girl learning to live without her mother. Ethan Richardson knows Haley will be gone in a heartbeat if her Air Force husband returns, and as a man whose daughter has already been abandoned by one woman, that’s not a thought he likes. But his daughter forms an instant bond with her new nanny, whose own grief and feelings of abandonment offer an understanding that his daughter needs, and so he welcomes Haley to his family. When Ethan begins to form the same bond, not just with Haley but with her son Ryan, visions of becoming a real family compel him to reach out to an old friend. Wanting to help Haley move on with her life and find the closure she needs, Ethan asks his friend at the Pentagon to investigate her husband’s disappearance. But is Haley ready to know? And are either of them ready for what happens next?**