When Daniel McCaverty gets the call that his best friend back in Vermont has cancer, he expects to have plenty of time to come help. He never expects that Adam will be gone when he gets there, or that he'll be in charge of taking care of Adam's two small children. He's a loner, an artist, and a wanderer. What's he supposed to do now?Mitchell Brown is a white-collar kind of guy. Organized. Careful. He has a plan in place for Adam's kids by the time Daniel arrives, and it has nothing to do with Daniel inheriting the kids. But for these two little ones, he's willing to put his hurt and confusion aside to help Daniel figure things out, and to make this whole situation work.Daniel and Mitch have to find common ground, figure out their attraction to each other, and deal with a tidal wave of grief, not to mention getting one kid started in school and keep up with work. Can they build something together that's bigger than any one of them singly, or will the whole situation collapse on them?