Life is sometimes hard for a widowed, single mother with three young children, a business to run, bills to meet, and debts to pay. Despite it all, Rosalyn McCreary tries to count her blessings. She cherishes her shop, Second Hand Rose, her family, and her friends. A practical woman by necessity, she seldom indulges in impulse and fancy except for that crazy spring day she danced with a total stranger she'd never met. Whatever was she thinking? And to learn later that her mystery stranger, Kendrick Lanier, planned to move to Wear's Valley. Great. Just one more problem she doesn't need. Despite Rosalyn's efforts to crowd him out, Kendrick soon pursues her, finding ways into her life and the lives of her children and creating complications Rosalyn simply doesn't want to deal with. Especially since the more she learns of the man's life and secrets, the more she realizes how ill-suited they are.