Baby-killer. Ex-con. Joe Brody has been called a lot of things. Some true. Some not. But now that he’s out of prison and back in his hometown his focus is getting a job and a home for his ill father to convalesce. Easier said than done when no one will hire him.
Ashley Cade has a teething toddler and lives with an elderly man as part of an agreement she made to buy his house. Complicated? Not as much as it sounds. Wilson is a dear and his huge Victorian a gem in the rough. The lonely old man even recommends a friend’s son as a handyman to help with the repairs and finally Ashley is making progress. And Joe? Joe is… intriguing to say the least.
But when the police chief tracks Joe down and Ashley discovers the truth, everything changes. Wilson swears Joe is innocent. Joe swears he’s innocent. But the evidence says otherwise and she doesn’t know who to believe when her future business–and her child’s life–are at stake….