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Charlie Blackwood has spent the last four years proving he doesn’t need anyone. Not after everything that happened. His world begins and ends with his four-year-old twins, his construction business, and the small town that’s quietly become the family he never expected. Dating was never part of the plan again. Then Fletcher Hayes comes home. The spirited primary school teacher has accepted a job back in her hometown to be closer to her older brother, leaving behind the life she’d built two hours away. She’s heard stories about Charlie for years but never met the man everyone seems to rely on. She certainly wasn’t expecting to fall for the fiercely protective single dad. Or his two mischievous twins, who decide almost immediately that she’s meant to stay forever. As Fletcher effortlessly finds a place in Charlie’s carefully guarded world, the walls around his heart begin to crack. But with an ex who refuses to disappear and a promise he’s determined to keep, Charlie is convinced loving Fletcher would only complicate her life. Fletcher has other ideas. After all, sometimes the family you’re looking for is the one that quietly chooses you first.