Melissa Stone wants nothing to do with her former best friend, Cooper Ford. After all, he knew about her husband's affair. Just her luck they're thrown together to work on a community charity project. As the two hammer nails and mend fences, she confides in him that she is ready to start a family-alone.

Cooper has always regretted the secret he kept all those years ago, and Melissa's forgiveness means everything. But what she wants from him is something he's not sure he can give. Not without his feelings for her getting in the way. How can he agree to be the father of her baby, and love her from afar, when all he wants is a family for real?