When Mercedes Kimball's sister abandons her children, Mercedes takes in her confused niece and nephew, jeopardizing the job she loves at a retirement community. The sexy new handyman's bedroom eyes promise to fix anything, but he can't fix this.L.C. Fogarty is trash, not Father Of The Year, but he's happy to be Mercedes's sounding board. Given their white-hot attraction, he'd love to see what they could do to a headboard, but he's keeping a secret she won't forgive. Confessing means facing untold heartache and going back to where he never belonged. He'd rather stay with Mercedes and her misfit family.She might not get to keep that family, though. Which means she's going to need him.