If theres one point that Jamie McClintock and Nate Goddard can agree upon, its that love is overrated. Jamie doesnt have time for it. Nate doesnt need it. And they certainly dont want it from each other. Jamie, a struggling free-spirited artist, is a devoted single mother who hasnt been in a serious relationship since her boyfriend abandoned her after their son was born. Nate, a charismatic jet-setting salesman, is widowed and estranged from his father and five-year-old son, Christopher. Jamie would rather glue glitter to pinecones than go out on a date. Nate spends most of his nights wooing his clients. Then one afternoon Nates father drops dead of a heart attack. In that moment, their highly guarded worlds collide. When Nate shows up at his childhood home to settle the estate and reclaim his son, he discovers that Jamie has been living in the Connecticut farmhouse as his fathers roommate. Mistrustful of each others motives, Nate and Jamie bicker about everything from childrens nicknames to Jamies fashion choices to Nates home renovation methods. It doesnt help that Christopher prefers Jamie to his absentee father. But after the funeral, Nate and Jamie begin to see each other in a more forgiving light. Nate, traveling to sales conferences all over the country with a sullen Christopher in tow, learns he cant breeze his way through single parenthood. Jamie, who has moved back in with her sister, wonders at the wisdom of her unconventional choices as a woman with a child to support. And both begin to realize they dont know as much about love as they thought. Still wounded by past heartbreak and sorrow, can they learn to trust each other and open their hearts?From the Hardcover edition.