Sylvia Warren hates all men—from the baby daddy who abandoned her pregnant teenage sister to her own father, who kicked both of his daughters out of the house. Seven years later, Sylvia and Annabel have crafted their own lives, filled with double shifts and night school classes, and the only male Sylvia wants anywhere near her: Annabel's adorable son, Milo. Now that Annabel has finally landed a decent job and bought a house for herself and Milo, Sylvia thinks it may be time to get her own dreams off the ground.

Then tragedy strikes.

Johnny Graham, freshly home from the Marines, knows his offer is going to be a hard sell to the Warren ladies—after all, it was his drug-addicted felon of a brother who knocked Annabel up, then ghosted. But it's the fiery Sylvia who seems to hate him most of all, and it's Sylvia who Graham can't stop thinking about. He's determined to get past her prickly exterior, but there's something he doesn't know...

Sylvia and Graham have a history she's not about to forget.