With his father in hospital, widowed Jake returns to his small hometown with his son and begins reconnecting with his family (both biological and found) and his former friends, including Colt, the one who got away. I love second chance romance and I loved this book, its exploration of the pain of not being accepted by those who should love you, as well as the resilience and quiet pride of Jake, who made a life for himself and retains his dignity the whole way through. This could have been quite an upsetting story, but with the wonderful friendship of Gigi, the sweetness of Charlie, the breath of fresh air that was Helen, Jake's gradual reconnections with his parents, and of course Colt, it became something much more.