Kasai Freer may be a young woman but she is wise beyond her years, not by choice but by necessity. Life has not always been kind to her. She's been on her guard since she took her first steps.

Judith Johnson of White Bear Lake is a mostly happy but lonely widow of the much-beloved town physician. Although the tight-knit community does their best to reach out to her she longs for something more. She just doesn't know what it is.

Kasai is on the run from Jimmy, her abuser. Between her latest eviction notice and her broken-down Honda Kasai is out of options. Desperate and homeless she layers up and starts walking.

Jack Sanders is fresh out of law school and back in town out of familial duty. Despite his mother's wishes for him to find a high society wife, he's always been a champion for the underdog and has a nose for a little trouble. He's also Judith's good friend, another pet peeve of his mother's, but he has to draw the line somewhere.

When a frost-bitten Kasai shows up on Judith's Welcome mat with Judith's purse, Judith invites the quiet stranger in. Can a two-story house, two Bernedoodles and a handsome lawyer heal two broken hearts? Life's about to get very interesting in White Bear Lake.