She's rebuilding her life.

He just blew it up.

Widowed and anxious, Carolyn Allen has crafted a quiet life around her young son, her knitting podcast Carolyn Explains, and the temporary safety of a friend's empty house. It's a peaceful pause while her own home undergoes renovation—and just enough calm to help her take small steps toward healing.

Until Ace Townsend shows up on her doorstep with a silent five-year-old girl, a battered suitcase... and a letter that changes everything.

Now Ace, suddenly a father, is moving back in—with Carolyn and Jett still in residence. What starts as a collision of two struggling lives slowly knits itself into something unexpected: a home filled with warmth, dancing housekeepers, ice cream bribes, nosy lawyers, and laughter that sneaks in when no one's looking.

Love doesn't always arrive on schedule. Sometimes, it shows up with a child in one hand and hope in the other.