Dr. Katie Gallagher was dragged back to take over her father's medical clinic in Jenns Cove. She can't wait to escape back to her life in Seattle. There, she's next in line to run the emergency medicine department at Seattle's premier trauma hospital. Having planned to practice big-city medicine, the sniffles, minor cuts, and bruises coming into the small hometown clinic are bad enough, but knowing almost every person she sees in her exam room may just drive her crazy! The last thing she needs is an attraction to a handsome, single-dad, adrenaline junkie working for her brother-in-law's institute.

Finding out he has a son knocks Merrick's world off kilter. Though he loves his bachelor life in D.C. working for the IMF, it's not what his son needs. As a responsible dad, he bites the bullet and accepts the yearlong position of resident economist at the Ecosystem Services Institute. In Jenns Cove, a small town on the northern coast of California, he'll have quality time to get to know his son. On second thought, the town's opinionated, difficult, and beautiful doctor may be more than he can handle.