Finding an unexpected future. Since her life-altering accident, veterinary nurse Willow guards her heart and never settles anywhere. When her sexy new boss Carter persuades her to care for injured puppy Axel, Willow's determined not to get too attached--and not just to the pup! She's there temporarily, and Carter won't risk anything on someone who can't stick around--not again. But as healing Axel brings them together, pulling herself apart from Carter seems impossible. A fresh start for them both? Fleeing a scandal, Dr Penny Burman arrives in the middle of nowhere to start over. So when she has a run-in with a gorgeous mountain man who's revealed to be legendary neonatal doc Atticus Spike, she's shocked to find her pulse racing! But as she gets to know the reclusive Atticus she learns they have more in common than they realise. Can Penny entice his heart to come out of hiding.?.