She knows what she wants, and how to get it...

Avery Preston knows her mind. The Women's Studies and Literature professor is latest in a long line of feminist firebrands determined to break the mold at Wolcott University. When her biological clock tells her it's time to bust a move, Avery does what she does best—she takes care of business all by herself. Or, so she thinks...

Dominic Mann is happy with his life just as it is...

The widowed baseball coach is content, and sees no point in changing his lineup this late in the game. Still, a man would have to be dead not to notice a live wire like Avery Preston. But a one night stand was all either of them wanted.

There's only one complication...

The clinic where Avery was inseminated has been hacked. Now, she not only knows who the father is, but she knows the father. In the biblical sense. Avery shows up on Dom's doorstep with a bun in the oven, a bellyful of ethical righteousness, and the absolute conviction that she doesn't need him, and soon, the two of them are caught in a rundown between their hearts and their heads.