"Marianne Martin is a wonderful storyteller and a graceful writer with a light, witty touch with language and a sensitivity to the emotions of people in love."--Ann Bannon, author of the Beebo Brinker novels Renee Parker is no stranger to love. At only seventeen, she fought social services for the right to raise her four younger siblings. Fought and won. It's a challenge to parent kids scarred by a stepdad's suicide and a mother's imprisonment, but...

Since her ex-lover left her hurt and humiliated, carpenter Kasey Hollander has been determined to play it safe. Owner of a successful renovation company, she hires accountant Connie Bradford - who has just ended a relationship with her boyfriend - to do the books. And the two hit it off!