Zoe Hornsby has her hands full. Her pet grooming salon runs nonstop, and when she finally gets rare free time, she spends it caring for her mother. She doesn’t have time to think about her personal life or dating. Once, Zoe may have had warm feelings for veterinarian Drake O’Grady, but back then he was taken—interested in her best friend. And that’s why the uncontrollable attraction sparking between them now seems completely out of place.
After the death of his wife, Drake finally decides to move forward with his life again. But the thought terrifies him that his overly proactive relatives are already looking for a partner for him. And Zoe—the best friend of his late wife—is, by all the rules, supposed to remain forbidden to him. Too independent, too unapproachable for romance… and yet it’s exactly she who makes Drake’s heart beat faster.