Sixty hours of work, one spent in church, and maybe a meal or two with his parents or brothers and their wives...that is a typical week of Ben Gage's life. He doesn't have time or the inclination for romance, and even if he did, there simply is nobody around who interests him. Until the night a feisty red-head and freckle-faced boy end up at his garage, in a car with more problems than most junkyard heaps. In exchange for repair work, Ben finds himself with a much-needed office manager and a precocious little boy tagging after "Big Ben." Since losing her husband to cancer, Molly Watson and her son have been alone. Tired of trying to make ends meet in the big city, she's determined to relocate them to a more affordable environment, where her little boy won't do without so many things other children take for granted. Barton City is a temporary stop in their trip-just until she gets her car fixed and paid for. With her heart still devoted to her late husband, she certainly has no thoughts of a romance. Too bad nobody told three-year-old Nick. He quickly grows attached to Big Ben and all these other people who love him. It may not be as easy as Molly thinks to pull up stakes and relocate-not without breaking her son's heart...or hers. It seems Ben Gage has found his way past walls to a certain widow's heart. Can she bear the risk of losing a man she loves again, though? Will it be a problem or blessing that Molly had a "breakdown here?"