Someone is watching her. Single mom, Mena, thinks her troubles are over when she wins the lotto with her five best friends. With the change of fortunes, she can be home with her son, leave the thankless job to work on her one-of-a-kind jewelry designs, and shed the stress about paying the monthly bills. However, things aren’t quite what she expected. She's hounded by hundreds of requests for donations, but the most troubling change is the disturbing love notes that have her looking over her shoulder everywhere she goes. Kade requests a position at Fort Leavenworth after the deployment hoping Mena still lives in the area. He tells himself he simply wants to check on his best friend’s widow. One look is enough to remember why he fell so hard for her when they first met. Back then he'd purposely put space between them because of his best friend, but now she's alone and scared. He'd do anything to protect her from her stalker, and maybe it will be his second chance at love.
Love is not on Sheila’s side. She isn’t sure if she just has terrible taste in men, or if she actually changes nice guys into total jerks, but she’s done with romance. Her resolve hasn’t been challenged for the past three years—but that was before she met Ethan Wolf. Ethan’s time as an Army paratrooper is nearly over and he’s going to settle down in the area to start a security company. Intrigued by the single mother who makes metal art for a living, he’s glad when she takes him up on the offer to help her with a project. Just as Sheila's steely outter shell starts to soften toward Ethan, her abusive ex-boyfriend shows up. Ethan is determined to protect Sheila and her two kids at all costs.
For most of her life Bennett has been on her own, rarely able to count on anyone but herself. After surviving child abuse, homelessness, and spousal abuse, she’s now connected to a group of amazing women, who support her and she’s thriving. Why would she need a new man in her life? Nash met Bennett months earlier and was instantly smitten. He understands her reluctance to trust another man after what happened in her marriage, though the women are all stingy with the details. He has a plan, though, and after moving into her building, he helps the women set up their retail store on the first floor. If sheer proximity and kindness can’t get Bennett to look at him in another light, nothing will. But when Bennett gives them a chance at love, the secrets in her past come back and smack her in the face. Can they find a way to love despite the truths she has been running from for a decade?